Saab Bofors Dynamics is a subsidiary of the Saab Group that specializes in military materiel such as missile systems and anti-tank systems. It is located in Karlskoga and Linköping, Sweden.
Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, a hammer mill, which was founded as a royal state-owned company in 1646. In 1873, this was converted to a modern corporate structure by becoming a "stock company", in Swedish an aktiebolag, that is a "limited company" or a "corporation". In 1999, Saab purchased the Celsius Group, by that time the parent owner of Bofors. In September 2000, SAAB sold their Bofors Weapon Systems, which produced the autocannon and tube artillery weapons, to United Defense Industries, while Saab retained their missile interests. Later BAE Systems acquired United Defense Industries.
The weapon systems include sensors based on radar, infrared, and lasers.
Several public campaigns, including civil disobedience actions, have targeted production sites as a protest against Swedish arms exports.
Products
Ground Systems
Anti-armour systems
AT4/AT4 CS anti-tank recoilless gun Carl-Gustaf M3 (M3 MAAWS) 84 mm anti-tank recoilless rifle RBS-56 Bill ATGM RBS 56 Bill 2 ATGM NLAW ATGM
Cannons
Bofors 40 mm
Firearms
Saab Bofors Dynamics CBJ-MS 9 mm PDW Ak 5C 5.56mm carbine rifle, standard issue in the Swedish Armed Forces
Surface-to-surface missiles
Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB)
Artillery shells
Bonus M982 Excalibur
Naval Systems
Cannons
Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/60 Bofors 57 mm Naval Automatic Gun L/70
Anti-ship missiles
RBS 15 RBS 17
Aerial Systems
Anti-air systems Bofors 40 mm RBS 70 SAM system RBS 23 BAMSE SAM system ASRAD-R
Air-air missiles IRIS-T (international collaboration, Aircraft Interface Unit and Signal Processing Unit provided by Saab Bofors Dynamics) Meteor (international collaboration, active radar proximity fuze subsystem (PFS) provided by Saab Bofors Dynamics).
Cruise missiles
Taurus KEPD 350
Saab Bofors Dynamics Switzerland GmbH STRIX 120 mm guided mortar round Thor 120 mm mortar ammunition Mortar Anti-Personnel Anti-Material (MAPAM) (60 and 81 mm mortar ammunitions) Akeron MP warhead SM-EOD (charges for demining)
References
External links Saab Bofors Dynamics