Manufacturer catalog
Saab is a Swedish defense and aerospace manufacturer whose catalog footprint spans combat aircraft, shoulder-fired support weapons, anti-ship missiles, and 84 mm Carl-Gustaf ammunition. The profile connects Saab-attributed records such as the JAS 39 Gripen, Carl Gustaf recoilless rifle, RBS15 Mk3, and multiple Saab Dynamics munitions to the modern Saab AB corporate context.
22 weaponsFounded in 1937 to develop and manufacture combat aircraft for Sweden, Saab has grown into a public defense and security company serving government, authority, and corporate customers worldwide. Saab describes its current business as products, services, and solutions from military defense to civil security, with operations in more than 30 countries and customers in more than 100 countries.
For this catalog, Saab matters because its product families cut across several weapon categories. The JAS 39 Gripen anchors the aircraft side of the catalog; RBS15 links Saab to long-range anti-ship and land-attack missile systems; and the Carl-Gustaf family ties the company to infantry weapons plus a large set of 84 mm rounds. Saab's own history also explains why some related records may use more specific corporate labels, especially Saab Dynamics or legacy Bofors-linked names, while this page keeps records whose manufacturer field is normalized simply to Saab.
Saab's Gripen family is the catalog's principal Saab aircraft attribution. Saab presents the Gripen E-series as a modern fighter-aircraft system with AESA radar, electronic warfare systems, ten hardpoints, and an architecture intended for continuing capability growth.
Sources: Saab Gripen E-series, Saab history
The Carl-Gustaf family explains why Saab appears across both infantry weapons and munition records. Saab describes the M4 system as a complete package of weapon, sights, ammunition, training, and support, and states that every Carl-Gustaf munition uses the 84 mm calibre and remains compatible across system versions.
Sources: Saab Carl-Gustaf M4
RBS15 is the catalog's main Saab anti-ship missile family. Saab describes the family as an anti-ship missile with land-attack capability, more than 200 km range for RBS15 Mk3 and more than 300 km for RBS15 Gungnir, with ship, truck, and aircraft launch options depending on variant.
Sources: Saab RBS15 familySaab's official history says the company was founded on 2 April 1937 to develop and manufacture combat aircraft, forming the industrial basis for later Swedish fighter programs including Draken, Viggen, and Gripen.
Sources: Saab history
Saab's history records the 2000 merger with Celsius, including former Bofors activities, as the point when aircraft, missile, and avionics manufacture were gathered at Saab and Bofors was split between Saab Dynamics and BAE Systems Bofors.
Sources: Saab history
Saab lists a 2013 agreement with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration for Gripen E as a major step in the company's modern fighter-aircraft program.
Sources: Saab history
Saab's 2025 annual report states that sales reached SEK 79.1 billion, order bookings reached SEK 168.5 billion, and the year included deliveries or orders across Gripen E/F, Giraffe 1X radars, GlobalEye aircraft, submarines, and missile and ground-combat units.
Sources: Saab annual report 2025
This profile covers the canonical Saab builder label. More specific labels such as Saab Bofors Dynamics may have separate builder pages when catalog records use those exact manufacturer names.
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Crewed aircraft, drones, and loitering munitions.
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Systems that contest aircraft, missiles, helicopters, and drones.
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Systems built to sense, relay, jam, deceive, or attack electromagnetic networks.
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Portable weapons used by soldiers and small units.
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Standalone missiles, bombs, rockets, torpedoes, and guided or unguided explosive payloads.
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Warships, submarines, unmanned surface vessels, naval craft, and maritime combat systems.
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