Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Saab Keeps Hand in Unmanned Systems
UMS Skeldar stake has helped Saab keep a stake in unmanned systems while focusing on Gripen export customers.
UMS Skeldar featured a scale model of the Skeldar V-200 at the Xponential 2016 conference in New Orleans in May.
UMS Skeldar featured a scale model of the Skeldar V-200 at the Xponential 2016 conference in New Orleans in May.

Orders that Saab landed in 2013 to supply Gripen NG fighters to Sweden and Brazil caused the manufacturer to divert resources from—but not abandon—its interest in unmanned aircraft. Saab (Outdoor Exhibition 14) retains a 47-percent ownership stake in the fledgling UMS Skeldar joint venture, a company formed around its Skeldar V-200 tactical unmanned helicopter.