DefenceTalkFirst North-listed CybAero has been selected by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to conduct test and demonstration flights from Sweden’s world-leading Visby class corvette in Q3, 2015. Sweden-based CybAero was chosen ahead of other international competitors. It is estimated that the flights, which will employ CybAero’s APID helicopter systems, are to be conducted by […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swedish-armed-forces-to-test-cybaero-rpas-from-visby-corvette-61078/

DefenceTalkSweden’s approach to security policy has changed. The Russian annexation of Crimea, the armed conflict in Ukraine, the increased amount of exercises as well as intelligence activities in the Baltic Sea region, the intrusive behavior by Russia, and now the Swedish Armed Forces intelligence operation in the Stockholm archipelago demonstrate the necessity for Sweden to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swedish-2015-budget-reinforces-air-surveillance-60936/

DefenceTalkSweden’s armed forces chief warned Tuesday it could use force to bring to the surface a suspected Russian mini-submarine its navy has been hunting for days as two new sightings of the vessel were revealed. The new “observations” of the supposed “foreign” submarine were made on Monday, rear admiral Anders Grenstad said, after the country’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/more-sightings-of-foreign-sub-as-sweden-says-it-could-use-force-60796/

DefenceTalkRussian fighter jets have been acting more aggressively around Swedish reconnaissance aircrafts lately, according to Anders Grenstad, deputy director of operations in the Swedish Armed Forces. On Friday a photo was released by the authority for signals intelligence, FRA, of a Russian Su-27 flying only a few meters away from a Swedish surveillance aircraft. According […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russian-fighter-jet-10m-from-swedish-plane-60671/

DefenceTalkThe Swedish Armed Forces have raised the level of readiness at Headquarters and placed two Gripen fighter jets on the island of Gotland. A statement on their web page reads: “In view of the serious developments in Ukraine, the Armed Forces act, among other things, by raising preparedness at Headquarters and intensifying intelligence efforts.” Lieutenant […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swedish-defence-raises-military-readiness-60457/

DefenceTalkDefence and security company Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding design plans for a New Lightweight Torpedo (NLT). The order refers to the period 2014-2015 and amounts to the value of MSEK 43. The order is part of the Letter of Intent regarding the Swedish armed forces’ underwater […]https://www.defencetalk.com/saab-to-develop-new-torpedo-for-swedish-navy-60034/

DefenceTalkThe number of nuclear weapons in the world continue to decline, but at a slower pace than in previous years, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said Monday. “Over the past five years there has been a steady decline in the overall number of nuclear warheads in the world,” the think tank said in […]https://www.defencetalk.com/worlds-nuclear-arsenal-reduction-slows-down-stockholm-institute-59899/

DefenceTalkThe military coup in Thailand has not had an impact on the planned delivery of Swedish Gripen fighter jets with supplies and support, with the Thais now in possession of 12 of the aircraft. “It needs continuous deliveries for maintenance and such,” Jan-Erik Lövgren of the Swedish Agency for non-proliferation and export controls (ISP) told […]https://www.defencetalk.com/thai-coup-not-affecting-swedish-gripen-deal-59750/

DefenceTalkRheinmetall has just booked another big order for its state-of-the-art, high-mobility truck families. In the medium term, Norway and Sweden intend to buy as many as two thousand military logistics vehicles with a total value of over €1 billion. Following the Norwegian procurement authorities, today Sweden too signed the framework agreement for joint procurement of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/rheinmetall-wins-major-contract-from-sweden-for-military-trucks-59720/

DefenceTalkSwiss voters rejected a 3.1 billion- franc ($3.5 billion) order for Gripen fighter jets, a setback to Swedish defense company Saab AB. The 22-plane contract, which Switzerland awarded 2 1/2 years ago, was opposed by 53.4 percent of voters, the government in Bern said on its website today. That’s in line with the latest survey […]https://www.defencetalk.com/swiss-voters-reject-3-5-billion-gripen-purchase-59619/