Saab Group produced automobiles from 1947 until 1990 when the automobile division was spun off as Saab Group Automobile, a joint venture with General Motors.
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11 Facts About Saab Group
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Saab Group was a result partly of the need to make a computer that would be small enough to mount in an aeroplane as navigational equipment.
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Saab Group was sold in 1975 to Sperry UNIVAC, while Saab retained its flight computer development.
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In 1968 Saab Group AB merged with the Swedish lorry, bus and heavy-duty diesel engine manufacturer Scania-Vabis, and became Saab Group-Scania AB.
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Saab Group-Scania became a wholly owned subsidiary of Investor AB and the company was de-listed.
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In 1995 Saab Group-Scania was divided by Investor AB into two independent companies, de-merging into Scania AB and Saab Group AB.
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In December 2005 Saab Group joined the Dassault nEUROn project as a major partner.
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Saab Group has been making aircraft since the 1930s, and the jet predecessors of the JAS 39 Gripen were the Tunnan, the Lansen, the Draken and the Viggen.
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In May 2019, Saab announced plans to locate a new U S manufacturing operation in Discovery Park District Aerospace on the west side of the Purdue University campus.
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Aeronautics is partner in the European joint UAV-project Dassault nEUROn, where Saab Group develop Avionics and is responsible for the overall architecture and design.
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Saab Group Barracuda is one of only two qualified suppliers of ULCANS in North America, and currently has a competed $US1.
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