Sovereign industrial platform
Local engineering, production, integration or export capability.
WAVE 2 · INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM
One company.
Different country systems.
Saab's presence can mean a sovereign industrial platform, a long-lived installed base, a new contracted programme or a pre-contract negotiation. This atlas preserves those distinctions before Andersen discusses opportunity.
READING RULE
Phase before proposition.
The first partner question is not “what can we sell?” It is “which programme phase, industrial model and lifecycle are we entering?” Country facts are verified; Andersen relevance remains an internal inference.
Installed base & sustainment
Delivered systems with support, upgrades and continuity obligations.
Contracted programme
Awarded work entering delivery and industrial cooperation.
Negotiation
Preferred supplier, term sheet or campaign—not an order.
PILOT COUNTRY PROFILES
Brazil and South Africa.
Two structurally different cases for incoming local partners: a growing production ecosystem and a mature installed base with a current sustainment-status gap.
BR
Brazil
Industrial anchor and regional production platform
Firm programmeLocal productionHoA ≠ order
Verified baseline
- The programme covers 36 Gripen aircraft with support, training, logistics and technology transfer.
- Saab describes six Brazilian locations spanning offices, aero-structures, sensors, production/test and support.
- More than 350 Brazilian specialists were trained through the technology-transfer programme.
- The first Gripen E produced in Brazil flew on 6 October 2026.
Industrial system
Embraer, AEL Sistemas, Akaer, Atech, Saab entities and Brazilian institutions form a distributed development, production, test and sustainment ecosystem. Saab and Embraer's July 2026 Heads of Agreement concerns possible capacity for 20 additional aircraft; it is not an aircraft order.
I · INTERNAL INFERENCE
What an Andersen partner can help us learn
How programme obligations, local entities, technology transfer, value flows and lifecycle economics are governed—and which capabilities Brazil may provide to other Latin American programmes.
Open questions and primary sources
- Which capabilities are now enduring regional or global assets?
- How could Colombian work connect to the Brazilian system?
- What is the reconciled aircraft delivery and acceptance schedule?
Brazil operations ↗
Technology transfer ↗
First locally produced flight ↗
Production-capacity HoA ↗
ZA
South Africa
Installed base, local technology and a sustainment-status gap
Installed baseEW / avionicsRefresh needed
Verified baseline
- South Africa has operated Gripen C/D since 2008 and was Saab's first Gripen export customer.
- The identified support contract covered 2022–2025 and included service, repairs, maintenance and related support.
- Saab has local operations in Centurion and Cape Town.
- South African-developed EW and avionics technology serves customers beyond the domestic market.
Industrial system
The country combines a mature aircraft sustainment case with Saab Grintek's locally rooted EW/avionics capability and research cooperation. No successor Gripen support contract after 2025 was established in this research pass; current support status is unknown.
I · INTERNAL INFERENCE
What an Andersen partner can help us learn
How skills, suppliers, obsolescence and local capability are preserved across a decades-long installed base—and which South African capabilities currently feed Saab's wider portfolio.
Open questions and primary sources
- What is the current support arrangement after the 2022–2025 term?
- What is the authoritative current fleet and support scope?
- Which local capabilities feed global programmes today?
COUNTRY PORTFOLIO
Eight additional lenses.
These shorter cards are onboarding views, not substitutes for programme-level diligence. Use the status chips before drawing commercial conclusions.
CO
Colombia
17 Gripen E/F
Firm orderOffset framework
EUR 3.1bn programme with deliveries planned for 2026–2032, including equipment, weapons, training and services. Two industrial-cooperation frameworks exist; implementation detail is still emerging.
Partner question: Which local entities and institutions will turn the frameworks into operating capability?
Primary source ↗TH
Thailand
Gripen · Erieye · C2
Installed base4 E/F ordered
A networked installed base is moving into a next-generation transition. The 2025 order covers three Gripen E and one F plus support and training through 2030.
Partner question: How will old and new generations, technology transfer and cross-domain integration coexist?
Primary source ↗CA
Canada
Proposed GlobalEye
Preferred supplierNon-binding
A September 2026 term sheet concerns negotiations for six GlobalEye aircraft, associated systems, training and support. It is not a contract or order.
Partner question: What sovereign capability and industrial-participation model could negotiations establish?
Primary source ↗FR
France
GlobalEye AEW&C
2 ordered2 options
Two GlobalEye aircraft, ground equipment, training and support are contracted for 2029–2032. Two additional aircraft are options—not orders.
Partner question: What sovereign, industrial and lifecycle model will sit behind the contracted programme?
Primary source ↗GB
United Kingdom
Radar · Seaeye · software
SustainmentProduction
A multi-site sovereign footprint combines engineering, manufacture, verification, sustainment and export. Fareham supports Giraffe radar and Seaeye underwater robotics.
Partner question: How are acquired capabilities, programmes and cross-border export flows integrated?
Primary source ↗PL
Poland
SIGINT ships · submarine track
Ship programmeSubmarine negotiation
Two SIGINT ships are in contracted execution with Polish shipbuilding participation. The submarine track is a separate negotiation, not an award.
Partner question: What execution and sustainment model applies to the awarded ship programme?
Primary source ↗US
United States
T-7A · sensors · land systems
11-site footprintBroad portfolio
Saab Inc. reports more than 1,100 employees, approximately 1,250 suppliers across 41 states and multiple production and support systems.
Partner question: Which cross-cutting issues are real across programme controls, suppliers and production scale-up?
Primary source ↗AU
Australia
Naval combat systems
Through-lifeSovereign integration
A long-lived sovereign model spans software, systems integration, local supply chains, upgrades and support across naval and cross-domain systems.
Partner question: How does Australia preserve sovereign capability while connecting to Saab's global product system?
Primary source ↗EVIDENCE BOUNDARY
Country presence is not opportunity.
Public fact: programme, footprint, partner or status supported by a dated primary source.
Internal inference: a question Andersen may test—not a Saab problem, request or buying signal.
Unknown: keep visible. Do not fill gaps with historic quantities, campaign language or assumptions.