saab b industry aerospace and defence predecessor saab saab ab 1937 68 saab scania 1968 95 founded trollh ttan sweden 1937 headquarters stockholm sweden area served worldwide key people h kan buskhe president & ceo marcus wallenberg chairman products air traffic control systems fighter aircraft military aircraft military systems radars revenue sek 024.010 billion 2012 1 operating income sek 02.032 billion 2012 1 net income sek 001.402 billion 2015 2 total assets sek 29.679 billion 2012 1 total equity sek 014.097 billion 2012 1 number of employees 13 968 2012 1 parent investor ab 30.0 % subsidiaries saab aircraft leasing sensis corporation website saabgroup.com footnotes references numbers from saab s annual report 2012 1 saab group originally svenska aeroplan ab later saab and saab ab ; listen help info is a swedish aerospace and defence company founded in 1937 . from 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer saab automobile . between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer scania vabis known as saab scania . the two were de merged in 1995 by the new owners investor ab . despite the demerger both saab and scania share the right to use the griffin logo 3 which originates from the coat of arms of the swedish region of scania . 4 contents 1 history 1.1 aircraft production 2 organization 2.1 aeronautics 2.2 dynamics 2.3 surveillance 2.4 security and defence solutions 2.5 support and services 2.6 saab barracuda llc 2.7 saab kockums 3 products 3.1 military aircraft 3.2 cancelled military aircraft projects 3.3 civilian aircraft 3.4 experimental aircraft 3.5 unmanned aerial vehicles 3.6 missiles 3.7 naval combat management systems 4 gallery 5 see also 6 references 6.1 notes 6.2 bibliography 7 external links history edit svenska aeroplan ab aktiebolag swedish for swedish aeroplane company limited saab was founded in 1937 in trollh ttan 5 with the merger of svenska aero ab saab and link ping based vasja 6 the headquarters moved to link ping . the style saab replaced saab around 1950 . 6 originally manufacturing aircraft the company sought ways in which to diversify its business . in the late 1940s the company began manufacturing cars at its saab automobile division based in trollh ttan . the first car was the saab 92 ; full scale production started december 12 1949 based on the prototype ursaab . 7 in the late 1950s saab ventured into the computer market with datasaab . 5 the company was a result partly of the need to make a computer that would be small enough to mount in an aeroplane as navigational equipment . during the 1960s several computers were developed and sold to european countries for uses such as banking . the aircraft computer ck 37 was used in 1971 in the viggen . the company was sold in 1975 to sperry univac while saab retained its flight computer development . in may 1965 the company name was changed to saab ab to reflect its broad range of activities . 6 in 1968 saab ab merged with the swedish lorry bus and heavy duty diesel engine manufacturer scania vabis 8 and became saab scania ab . in 1990 general motors bought 51 percent of the car division saab automobile and acquired the rest a decade later . in 1991 investor ab completed a leveraged buyout of saab scania ab . investor ab acquired all the outstanding shares in saab scania for approximately sek 21 billion . 9 10 11 saab scania became a wholly owned subsidiary of investor ab and the company was de listed . 12 in 1995 saab scania was divided by investor ab into two independent companies de merging into scania ab and saab ab . the intention by investor ab was to broaden ownership in the two companies later . 13 following the sale of 50 % of the car division saab automobile ab to general motors the main reason behind the merger with lorry manufacturer scania vabis in 1968 had disappeared . saab military aircraft and british aerospace now bae systems formed in 1995 the joint venture company saab bae gripen ab to manufacture market and support gripen internationally . this co operation was extended in 2001 with the formation of gripen international for the same purpose . 14 from 1998 until 2005 the largest shareholder in saab was the british aerospace company bae systems following its acquisition of a 35 % stake from investor ab by its predecessor british aerospace . in january 2005 bae systems reduced its shareholding to 20 % . investor ab maintained a 20 % share . 16 november 1999 saab announced its intention is to purchase celsius ab and the acquisition was concluded by early march 2000 . 15 in december 2005 saab joined the dassault neuron project as a major partner . in october 2008 the company announced its intention to merge its operations with that of simrad optronics . the new unit will develop high tech optronics products and will be headquartered in norway although other details of the new arrangement have not been finalized . 16 in 2010 the company restructured from fifteen business units into five business areas ; aeronautics dynamics electronic defence systems security and defence solutions and support and services . according to saab the restructuring was undertaken to become more market and customer oriented . 17 in march 2010 bae systems sold half of its 20 % stake in the company to investor ab which then became the major shareholder . 18 in june 2011 the british company eventually sold its remaining stake bringing its 16 year involvement in saab to an end . 19 as of june 2012 investor ab owns a 30 % stake in the company 39.5 % of the voting rights and is the majority owner . citation needed aircraft production edit the main focus of aircraft production is fighter aircraft . saab has been making aircraft since the 1930s and the jet predecessors of the jas 39 gripen were the tunnan the lansen the draken and the viggen . the last civilian models made by saab were the saab 340 and saab 2000 . both were mid range turboprop powered airliners . the development and the manufacturing of these aircraft takes place in link ping . organization edit aeronautics edit jas 39 gripen saab at4 portable anti tank weapon saab 340 with erieye radar aeronautics offers airborne systems related subsystems unmanned aerial systems uas and aerostructures . the business area aeronautics is responsible for airframe structures for jas 39 gripen and whole sections for airbus boeing and nh90 ; & system development of the jas 39 gripen and the skeldar vtol uav . aeronautics is also partner in the european joint uav project dassault neuron where saab develop avionics and is responsible for the overall architecture and design . marketing and support of the jas 39 gripen fighter jet is also included in the aeronautics business area . 20 dynamics edit dynamics offers ground combat weapons missile systems torpedoes sensor systems unmanned underwater vehicles and signature management systems remotely operated vehicles for armed forces as well as civil security applications . 21 short range weapons offered include carl gustaf at4 at4 cs strix and mbt law . missile systems offered are rbs 70 rbs 23 and rbs 15 . surveillance edit surveillance offers airborne including globaleye and erieye ground based and naval radar including the giraffe radar range electronic warfare including idas and estl combat systems and c4i solutions and traffic management systems including remote tower . 22 security and defence solutions edit the security and defence solutions area develop systems within the civil security sector as well as training and simulation solutions . the offer include airborne early warning systems and c4istar systems . 23 the training and simulation operations of the area offer tactical training and live firing solutions for military and civil security use . support and services edit support and services offer maintenance integrated support solutions field facilities logistics and regional aircraft maintenance . 24 saab aircraft leasing leases and resells saab aircraft to airlines . it completed 30 transactions in 2010 . 25 saab barracuda llc edit the saab barracuda llc facility in lillington north carolina manufactures signature management products and provides customized services . foremost among the camouflage concealment and deception products is the ultra lightweight camouflage net system ulcans which provides multi spectral protection against visual near infrared thermal infrared and broadband radar detection . ulcans is fielded with the u.s. army and other department of defense organizations and is available in both woodland and desert versions . 26 saab barracuda is one of only two qualified suppliers of ulcans in north america and currently holds a competed 1.76 b contract along with gma cover corp. 27 saab kockums edit submarine division kockums acquisition . 28 products edit military aircraft edit saab 17 bomber dive bomber manufactured 1941 44 323 built saab 18 twin engine bomber and reconnaissance aircraft manufactured 1944 48 245 built saab 21 twin boom push prop fighter attack aircraft manufactured 1945 49 298 built saab 21r jet powered version of saab 21 manufactured 1950 52 64 built saab 29 tunnan first purpose built jet fighter manufactured 1950 56 661 built saab 32 lansen attack aircraft manufactured 1953 59 450 built saab 35 draken fighter manufactured 1955 74 644 built saab 37 viggen fighter attack reconnaissance aircraft manufactured 1970 90 329 built saab jas 39 gripen multirole fighter introduced 1996 219 built as of 2010 saab 105 twin engine trainer manufactured 1963 72 192 built saab 340 aew & c airborne early warning and control aircraft manufactured 1994 97 8 built cancelled military aircraft projects edit saab 36 bomber 1950s none built saab 38 attack trainer 1970s none built civilian aircraft edit saab safir 91b trainer airplane just started from hahnweide airfield . saab 90 scandia 32 passenger short medium haul aircraft manufactured 1946 54 18 built saab 91 safir single engine trainer manufactured 1946 66 323 built mfi 15 safari mfi 17 supporter single engine trainer manufactured 1971 late 70s ca 250 built saab 340 30 35 passenger short haul aircraft manufactured 1983 99 459 built saab 2000 50 58 passenger high speed turboprop airliner manufactured 1992 99 63 built experimental aircraft edit saab 210 experimental aircraft manufactured 1952 1 built saab link ping university generic future fighter 29 30 31 unmanned aerial vehicles edit saab skeldar swiss uav missiles edit bill 2 anti tank guided weapon kepd 350 mbt law rb 04 anti ship missile rb 05 air to surface missile rbs 23 rbs 15 surface to surface and air to surface anti ship missile rbs 70 meteor bvraam naval combat management systems edit 9lv naval combat management system gallery edit saab 18b b 18b saab 32 lansen j 32b saab 91c sk 50c saab 29 tunnan j 29f saab 37 viggen sf 37 saab gripen jas 39 saab 340b saab 340 with erieye radar saab 2000 see also edit datasaab saab automobile saab training and simulation saab electric references edit notes edit a b c d e f annual report pdf . saab . 2012 03 13 . macdonald andrew . brazilian gripen deal pushes saab sales to new high . ihs jane s 360 . ihs jane s defence industry . retrieved 12 february 2016 . saab s griffin caught between a rock and a hard place . brand new . 2013 01 15 . retrieved 2015 01 08 . the history of scania . trucker links . dk . retrieved 2009 06 03 . a b history and background timeline video . about . us saab . 1980 01 01 . retrieved 2009 02 11 . a b c gunston bill 2005 . world encyclopedia of aircraft manufacturers 2nd edition . phoenix mill gloucestershire eng uk sutton publishing . p. 164 . isbn 0 7509 3981 8 . chapman giles may 2009 . the illustrated encyclopedia