NATO member Sweden has selected Embraer’s C-390 multi-role aircraft to replace its C-130H and modernize tactical transport fleet, which has been in service for over 50 years. Swedish Defence Minister… Continue reading "Sweden Has Chosen The Brazilian-Built C-390 As Its Future Military Transport Aircraft"
Saab has signed a contract with Sweden’s military procurement agency to deliver a third GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft. Saab values the contract at approximately 2.6 billion Swedish… Continue reading "Sweden Signs Contract For Third GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning And Control Aircraft"
On May 29, the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced that the US State Department had approved two separate prospective foreign military sales dossiers for the Austrian and Swedish… Continue reading "The US Greenlights The Sale of Black Hawk Helicopters To Austria and Sweden"
Sweden announced on Wednesday that it would be donating two airborne early warning and command aircraft as military aid to Ukraine, as part of its largest-yet military aid package. In… Continue reading "Sweden Pledges Airborne Early Warning Aircraft For Ukraine"
Saab handed over signals intelligence ship HSwMS Artemis over to the Swedish Navy in April 2023. On 3 April, Artemis was officially commissioned during a ceremony at Sweden’s largest naval… Continue reading "Sweden Commissions New Signals Intelligence Vessel HSwMS Artemis"
The Swedish government has awarded contracts to Saab and GKN Aerospace for conceptual studies of a future fighter aircraft system for Sweden. Saab’s contract runs from 2024 to 2025, with… Continue reading "Sweden Contracts Saab, GKN Aerospace For Future Fighter Studies"
Finnish defense company Patria announced on 20 March, that it had signed a contract with Sweden’s Defence Procurement Agency (FMV) worth €470 million (approximately $514 million) for the purchase of… Continue reading "Sweden Places €470 Million Order For Patria Armored 6x6s"
Sweden officially became the 32nd member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Thursday, with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson describing the moment as the “start of something new”. The… Continue reading "Sweden Officially Becomes NATO’s 32nd Member"
The American arms and aeronautics giant, Lockheed Martin, may soon increase the sales of its C-130J-30 aircraft in Europe. On February 6, Lockheed Martin and the Swedish MilDef Group signed… Continue reading "Super Hercules For Sweden? Lockheed Martin Presents Its Offer"
According to an announcement made by the Prime Minister of Sweden on 8 January, the country will deploy a force of around 800 troops to Latvia early next year. Reportedly,… Continue reading "Sweden to Station Troops in Latvia"