BAE Systems AB

BAE Systems AB is a Swedish defence company and a subsidiary of BAE Systems Land and Armaments. The company was formed in 2006 by the merger of Land Systems Hägglunds AB and BAE Systems Bofors.

Business units

BAE Systems Hägglunds

AB Hägglund & Söner was founded in 1899 in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The company was divided in 1988, one part being Hägglunds Vehicle AB, the military vehicles business. In October 1997 the British company Alvis plc acquired Hägglunds to form Alvis Hagglunds AB. Alvis expanded its military vehicle business in 1998 with the purchase of GKN's armoured vehicle division in 1998 and Vickers Defence in 2002 to form Alvis Vickers. In September 2004 BAE Systems acquired Alvis Vickers and merged it with its RO Defence ordnance division to form BAE Systems Land Systems. Hägglunds was renamed Land Systems Hägglunds.

In June 2005 BAE Systems acquired United Defense and reorganised its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments, with Land Systems and Land Systems Hägglunds as subsidiaries of this U.S. based operating group.

BAE Systems Bofors

BAE Systems Bofors, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish subsidiary of BAE Systems Land and Armaments.

Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1873. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, the parent group of Bofors. In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the tube artillery interests), while Saab retained the missile interests. In 2005 BAE Systems purchased UDI and reorganized all its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments. As part of acquisition Bofors Defence was renamed BAE Systems Bofors.

BAE Systems C-ITS

The company provides "Interactive Training and Simulation". It was a former United Defense company.

Products

All terrain vehicles

*Bv206 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle
*BvS10 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle

Combat vehicles

*Combat Vehicle 90

Weapon systems

*40 mm Tridon
*40 mm TriAD
*Archer SP Artillery
*FH 77 Howitzer
*Bofors 57 mm & Bofors 40 mm Naval guns

Ammunitions

*Bonus Ammunition
*XM982 Excalibur Ammunition
*3P Ammunition

References

* [http://www.baesystems.se/Hagglunds/default.asp Land Systems Hägglunds: The Company History] (Accessed Jan. 10 2006)
* [http://companies.infobasepub.com/detail_pages/19046.html companies.infobasepub.com: BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds] (Accessed Jan. 10 2006)