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SAAB ANNUAL REPORT 2013 7
“SAAB IS AN ATTRACTIVE
PARTNER IN THE
INTERNATIONAL ARENA.”
In Switzerland the parliament voted in favour of procuring
Gripen, and in 2014 there will be a referendum on this.
In December came the good news that Brazil has chosen Gripen
as its future ghter aircra. Negotiations are now underway with
the Brazilian Air Force to conclude contracts for 36 Gripen NGs.
Moreover, in 2013 we saw growing international interest in Gripen
as the next-generation multi-role ghter in, for example, Asia,
Europe, South America and sub-Saharan Africa. Overall, this is an
important recognition of Saab’s engineering. ere is great poten-
tial for more international business with Gripen.
e surveillance capability of the Erieye airborne radar system
enables users to monitor targets in the air and at sea. During
the year, the Brazilian Air Force ordered an additional upgrade
programme for the system, which will further enhance its ability
to control its airspace and to monitor the country’s borders.
Saab’s successes in the international market can be attributed to
our highly competitive product portfolio. We are also an attractive
partner internationally. e collaboration agreement signed with
Boeing to jointly develop and build an entirely new, advanced and
cost-ecient training aircra is one example of this. Boeing and
Saab will develop a strong industrial collaboration in order to par-
ticipate in the upcoming US Air Force TX procurement of some
350 new aircra and related systems and logistics.
An important business in the community
Today we are present locally in 32 countries. In Sweden we have op-
erations in 50 dierent locations. We have an important role in the
development of safer communities that provide security for people
all over the world, and we are an active participant in the local com-
munity, irrespective of where we operate. is is why we have initi-
ated close collaboration with several universities and colleges. We
have also established research collaboration in several markets. Two
successful examples are our research centres in Brazil and India.
During the year some of our most experienced employees have
moved out into the world. Together with locally recruited col-
leagues, a market area organisation has now been well established
in the markets where we do business. is means that new busi-
ness is assured and is always conducted in accordance with our
ethical guidelines and in a commercially ecient manner.
As a more decentralised organisation has been established,
our expectations of both managers and employees have been
claried. e more performance driven corporate culture creates
both clarity and development opportunities for all employees.
is strengthens Saab’s attractiveness as an employer among the
best and brightest students of today and tomorrow. is also
encompasses our determined eorts to get more women into the
company as a whole and into leadership positions. With a deter-
mined eort in terms of both recruitment and internal leadership
development programmes, we will achieve our goal of at least 30
per cent women in senior positions by 2015 at the latest.
Finally, I can only look forward to another exciting year in
which I believe we will see new international breakthroughs for
Saab’s fantastic product portfolio.
Stockholm, February 2014
Håkan Buskhe
President and CEO