Sweden is Quietly Working on an F-35 Killer

Saab is quickly becoming the leader in defense technology

JA 37 Viggen — By Airwolfhound from Hertfordshire, UK — Viggen, CC BY-SA 2.0

Thanks Russia — Sweden has gone from a neutral country (for 200+ years) to a NATO hardliner in no time flat.

Now, forget the flashy billion-dollar programs from the US, the UK, or France — while the world obsesses over NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance fighter) and Europe’s FCAS, Sweden has been quietly building the future of air combat in its own understated, highly effective way.

And if history has taught us anything, it’s that when Sweden does something in aerospace, it’s usually a decade ahead of everyone else.

At the heart of this next-generation push is Saab, a company with a legacy of innovation that stretches back to the Cold War. Saab is now leading Sweden’s charge into the world of manned-unmanned teaming, next-level stealth, and data-sharing so advanced it would make most US Air Force planners break out in a cold sweat.

So while the big defense players argue over procurement timelines and ballooning budgets, Sweden is simply… getting it done.

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