Saab LAAD media briefing (English)

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Lennart Sindahl and Ulf Nilsson | © Saab

Lennart Sindahl, Deputy CEO

Ulf Nilsson, Head of Aeronautics

BRINGING IDEAS

TOGETHER



SAAB DEFENCE AND SECURITY

• A history from the mid-1600s and Alfred Nobel

• Broad portfolio – from Gripen to civil security

• Sales in 2014: 23 527 billion SEK

• 14 140 employees (December 2014)

• Local presence in 33 countries and customers

in 100 countries worldwide

• Listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm’s Large

Cap list since 1998 (SAAB B)

World-leading solutions,

products and services for

military defence and civil

security

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Quality

SAAB STRENGTHS

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R&D

Cost-efficiency

Local presence



MARKET DRIVING FORCES

• Advantage for cost-efficient products due to

strained national budgets

• Demand for local presence with regional focus

• New co-operations and alliances call for system

integration capabilities

• Increased need to safeguard civil supply chains

• Convergence of civilian and military sectors

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A LONG HISTORY IN LATIN AMERICA

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Civil

aviation in

the 1950s

In the early 1980s new

ground combat and air

defence systems were

introduced

Erieye AEW&C

systems sold to

both Brazil and

Mexico



SAAB IN LATIN AMERICA TODAY

• Offices in Brasilia and Santiago de Chile

• R&D centre (CISB) in São Bernardo do Campo

• Co-operation with local industry in Brazil, e g

Embraer, Akaer, Odebrecht, AEL, Inbra

• Sales to Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile,

Ecuador and more countries

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POSSIBILITIES AND CHALLENGES

• A growing market, with a

need for defence and

security material in the

whole region

• High focus on surveillance,

border protection, air and

sea security

• Fierce competition

• Gripen

• Airborne Early Warning

• Training & Simulation

• Missile Systems

• Air Defence

• Traffic Management

• Naval Systems

• Signature Management

• SIGINT

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UNIQUE POSITION FOR GRIPEN

• Gripen’s order backlog is at an all-time high

• Saab is a world-leading fighter aircraft producer

• Co-existence of Gripen C/D and Gripen E/NG

• Positive market outlook – growth in clusters

• Continues to be the world’s only fighter

programme to move forward on time, on budget

• Long-term security with Gripen production and

development plan already secured to the 2040

timeframe.

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EXPANDING GRIPEN’S GLOBAL PRESENCE

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Our target is 300-450 aircraft

sold over the next 20 years

We aim to capture 10-15 percent of the

accessible market



BRAZIL – A GAME-CHANGER

• FX-2 is Saab’s largest ever export order

• Gripen fulfills all Brazilian requirements

• Driving change – positive synergies for all parties

• Contract effectiveness expected during 2015

• Technology transfer and industrial cooperation

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CAPABILITY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE

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• 36 Gripen NG

• Unique balance of capabilities in a multi-mission airframe

• Highly advanced systems and sensors

• Unrestricted weapons integration

• New technology enables new tactics and concepts of operation

• Full operational support with proven lowest life cycle costs

• Future growth, further development assured



REAL TRANSFER OF TECHNOLOGY

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INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATION PACKAGE

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• Broad transfer of technology, education and on-the-job training

• Gripen NG airframe and systems development

• Manufacturing of Gripen NG airframe parts

• Gripen assembly line in Brazil

• Training of Brazilian pilots

• Flight testing in Brazil

• Future fighter development and production capability

• Partners with Brazilian industry, with Embraer as key partner



Company Task Location

Embraer Development, flight test centre, production

and future technology São José dos Campos / Gavião Peixoto

AEL Displays and maintenance Porto Alegre

Akaer Airframe design and industrialisation São José dos Campos

DCTA Future technology São José dos Campos

Atech Training systems São Paulo

Inbra Structural assembly São Bernardo do Campo

Mectron System integration São José dos Campos

OUR BRAZILIAN PARTNERS

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THANK YOU!

Lennart Sindahl and Ulf Nilsson

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