Sweden

By Tony Osborne
Sweden is acquiring two used Global 6500 business jets for the VIP mission, replacing a long-serving fleet of Gulfstreams.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Finland’s Patria’s and Sweden’s ACC Innovation have teamed up to market ACC’s heavylift uncrewed quadcopters for military use.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Craig Caffrey
Stockholm's raft of new measures to bolster funding for both its own armed forces and Ukraine represents a post-Trump adjustment to previously established plans.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Tony Osborne
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has outlined plans to raise Spain’s defense spending to 2% of GDP.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The Swedish government has asked its parliament for approval to further pursue export sales of GlobalEye AEW aircraft to Denmark and Saab JAS 39E/Fs to Peru.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
The Loke system brings together Saab’s Giraffe 1X surveillance radar, a lightweight command-and-control system and the Trackfire remote weapon system.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Robert Wall
Saab says it has secured an order to support the German modernization of MBDA-made Taurus KEPD 350 cruise missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Tony Osborne
The country’s defense materiel agency, FMV, has been commissioned to acquire the missile from Germany.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Graham Warwick
Turbulence canceling; deep learning controls flow; stratospheric test flight; and imaging manufacturing defects.
Emerging Technologies

By Tony Osborne
Nordic Air Defence (NAD) is developing the first in a family of modular interceptors that could engage rapidly proliferating small drone threats.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The Across America initiative is planned to begin at the Sun ’n Fun Aerospace Expo in Lakeland, Florida, in April.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Emerging Technologies

By Robert Wall
Swedish Defense Minister Pal Jonson has disclosed the August 2024 launch of its first military satellite, GNA-3, and detailed plans for future missions.
Satellites

By Tony Osborne
One of the service’s F-35As was flown with a 40% blend of biofuel on Jan. 14.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
The system, developed over the past year, is designed for sub-25-kg (55.1 lb.) uncrewed aircraft systems.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Thierry Dubois
For three years, the context has reshaped around harder lines.
Budget, Policy & Operations

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

Aviation Week Staff
South Korea’s government plans to designate Jeju Island as an operational test area for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

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