Sweden

By Robert Wall
Sweden is buying extra coastal anti-ship missile systems from Saab as part of the country’s wide-reaching effort to enhance its military capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Victoria Moores
Swedish startup Sola Air is planning to launch scheduled flights in spring 2025, after signing an agreement to acquire four 36-seat Saab 340s.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
The Swedish government plans to spend more than $460 million to join a NATO-led joint procurement of up to 1,000 Patriot missiles, the government said Nov. 15.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
Sweden and the UK have joined a European initiative to develop and procure long-range deep-strike weapons to provide an additional deterrent effect.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
For advanced air mobility startups to succeed on a venture backable timeline, they will need to move much faster to avoid running out of funds.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s armed forces can begin developing space capabilities after the country’s government allocated SEK1 billion ($100 million) to the plans.
Satellites

By David Casey
Braathens Regional Airlines' move from Stockholm Bromma to Stockholm Arlanda could leave smaller Swedish airports without connectivity, Swedish Regional Airports warns.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm wants to raise the defense budget by 13 billion Swedish krona ($1.28 billion), ministers announced Sept. 17.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
No plans are yet in place for a handover of Gripen fighters to Kyiv.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By David Casey
The Swedish government’s plans to scrap its tax on airline tickets from next July has been welcomed by airports operator Swedavia.
Airports & Networks

By Tony Osborne
Details of the Saab studies have emerged from an event held by the Folk och Försvar–Swedish for People and Defense–association.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Sweden’s Defense Material Administration, known as FMV, could have personnel in Ukraine this fall.
Supply Chain

By Vivienne Machi
The Hybrid Space/Submarine Architecture Ensuring Infosec of Telecommunications (HEIST) initiative was launched July 31.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Graham Warwick
The latest Jetson One V2 Mk5 frame features design tweaks to accommodate the final battery design.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Tony Osborne
Swedish defense materiel agency FMV announced July 10 that it has signed a contract to buy 12 additional UH-60Ms.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden wants to become a defense space player in Europe.
Space

By Robert Wall, Tony Osborne
The region is going shopping to address defense shortfalls, with counter-UAS on most countries’ lists.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
Firefly Aerospace said it plans to expand its launch operations to Europe through an agreement with the Swedish Space Corporation (SSC).
Space

By Tony Osborne
NH90 manufacturer NHIndustries is urging the Swedish government not to retire the country’s fleet of the helicopters early and replace them with UH-60s.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Stockholm is transferring its remaining Saab ASC 890 aircraft to bolster Kyiv’s air defense capacity.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The U.S. State Department has approved a Swedish top-up purchase of Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden will transfer a pair of airborne early warning aircraft to Ukraine in a bid to bolster the country’s air defense and support its future F-16s.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Chen Chuanren
The agreement was signed May 17 at the Swedish embassy in Manila.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Sweden’s Cold War doctrine of road runway operations has come back into vogue in the face of a renewed Russian threat.
Budget, Policy & Operations