Swedish company Saab plans to start production in Ukraine for its military needs, the group’s CEO Mikael Johansson told Reuters.
“We need to help Ukraine increase its sovereign capacity and capabilities, so we need partnerships with industry in Ukraine as well as with Ukrainian industry that has expanded beyond Ukraine.” – Johansson was quoted as saying by the Russian Air Force Service.
According to him, Saab is in talks with two or three companies to start joint production, but the deal has not yet been closed.
Saab, which competes with defense firms such as U.S.-based Lockheed Martin, France’s Dassault Aviation and Britain’s BAE Systems, is experiencing a surge in demand driven by global tensions, the war in Ukraine and Sweden’s recent entry into NATO, Reuters reports.
as it was transmitted EADailyOn 7 March, the protocol on Sweden’s accession to NATO officially entered into force and on 11 March the Swedish flag was raised at the alliance’s headquarters. Prime Minister of Sweden Ulf Kristersson At the ceremony he said that “the country has returned home, to cooperation with its neighbours in the field of security.”
