Sweden awards Saab SEK 2.9 billion to advance next-generation fighter concept through 2028
Sweden's defence procurement agency FMV has granted Saab a contract worth approximately SEK 2.9 billion (€260 million) to continue concept work on a future fighter system. The deal runs from 2026 to 2028 with options extending through 2030 and covers both crewed and uncrewed platforms. Saab will mature technologies and build flying demonstrators, keeping a wholly Swedish design path open alongside European collaborative programmes FCAS and GCAP.
Why it matters: Stockholm is hedging: funding a national fallback while its partners negotiate GCAP workshare gives it leverage and preserves sovereign capability if multinational programmes falter.
Saab launches Allied Mission System cloud platform for space surveillance and command
Saab introduced the Allied Mission System, a cloud-based software platform that integrates space surveillance, mission management and command and control into a single interface. The system is designed to monitor space threats, understand the battlespace and coordinate responses. AMS aims to aggregate data from multiple sensors and provide a common operating picture for space domain awareness missions.
Swedish-Estonian firm Cross Water develops plug-and-play rigid inflatable boat for naval missions
Cross Water, a Swedish-Estonian boatbuilder also trading as XW Production, is developing a modular rigid inflatable boat platform with drones, sensors and mission equipment that lock onto the deck in minutes. Software will eventually enable remote control or autonomous operation. The company aims to turn the military RIB into a reconfigurable system for multiple mission types.
Sweden to extend Patriot deployment in Poland through spring 2027, plans broader NATO ground commitments in Finland and Latvia
Sweden intends to keep its Patriot air-defence systems in Poland until at least spring 2027, according to Defence Minister Pål Jonson. Stockholm is also preparing broader military commitments to NATO's eastern flank, including ground deployments in Finland and Latvia and maritime and air operations. Jonson stated Russia remains Sweden's most serious security threat.
Why it matters: Sweden is shifting from symbolic NATO participation to sustained eastern-flank burden-sharing—a tacit admission that Nordic defence now depends on Poland's air-defence umbrella holding.
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Saab, FMV and Swedish Armed Forces launch large uncrewed underwater vehicle demonstrator
Saab, Sweden's FMV procurement agency and the Swedish Armed Forces have developed and launched a demonstrator for a large uncrewed underwater vehicle (LUUV) in under a year. Saab described the demonstrator as a fully functional underwater vehicle.