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Confident and battlefield ready
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Thanks to today’s advanced training systems, modern soldiers can have the experience of combat veterans long before they engage the enemy for the first time.
The full sensory experience: welcome to the future of military training
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From mixed reality to ultra-realistic virtual environments, tomorrow’s military training will be even better at preparing soldiers for battle.
‘True ballistic’ training for true battle readiness
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Not all military laser-training systems are equal. While some are unable to accurately recreate the way that weapons and ammunition work, Saab’s advanced BT46 system delivers a ‘true ballistic’ experience that prepares soldiers for combat.
It is time to face the growing satellite threat
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An explosion in the number of commercial satellites offering sophisticated radar imagery of the Earth is a game changer for modern conflicts. Armed forces that want to continue to avoid enemy detection need to completely rethink their use of camouflage and decoys.
Barracuda camouflage increases focus on the US
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With the world facing new threats, Saab's business unit Barracuda is working to ensure that customers in the United States have the advanced camouflage solutions they need.
How to train for the inpredictable battelfield
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Fighting forces which train the most effectively are the ones with the most realistic and immersive solutions.
GlobalEye: increasing your operational availability
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In modern conflict, situations develop rapidly, and your forces receiving accurate, timely intelligence is the key to mission success. Airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems are airborne radar solutions used to detect and identify air, land and sea vehicles, missiles and other objects. AEW&C systems are also employed as battle management command and control centres, receiving and transmitting real-time information to achieve total situational awareness.
Good things come in small packages
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If your perception of advanced passive sensors involves inflexible fixed installations, think again. A new generation of highly portable Saab sensors is enhancing situational awareness on the land, water and in the sky.
Barracuda manufacturing moves closer to UK customers
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Saab’s Barracuda Mobile Camouflage System (MCS) is now being partially manufactured in the United Kingdom following a deal with local engineering business Abbey Group.
Deploy. Survive. Win.
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The Gripen fighter system exists to guarantee air superiority in time of war. Sweden’s operational requirements for Gripen were driven by a superpower threat of all-out conflict across air, land and sea. This simple statement hides the highest possible objective; national survival. The result was a fighter from Saab that is threat-driven at every point in its design, and utterly unique.
Behind the scenes of a Gripen air-to-air photo-shoot
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Executing a successful air-to-air photo-shoot requires quite a lot of planning and a bit of luck with the weather. At Saab Aeronautics communications department we made a formal request to the Swedish Air force to use one of their C-130 Hercules and a Gripen C aircraft to be able to shoot footage of the Gripen C and Gripen E flying together.
A memorable good-bye to Loganair's Saab 340 fleet
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An airlines final flight with an aircraft type is typically a non-event, possibly including a fire-truck salute on the taxi-in. Not so when Loganair, Scotland’s airline, bid farewell to the Saab 340 after 24 years of service.