2009-12-21 16:18
HMS Helsingborg and HMS Härnösand are the first two corvettes in the Visby series delivered to the Swedish Armed Forces to be included in the organization and ready for missions.
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2009-11-20 08:54
To guarantee delivery of armoured wheeled vehicles to the Swedish Armed Forces' in 2014 FMV intends to start a new procurement as soon as the verdict entered into legal force.
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2009-11-12 11:20
FMV has delivered the Iris-T missile to the Swedish Armed Forces. The missile will replace the current "Robot 74" for the Gripen aircraft.
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2009-09-17 11:07
The first Gripen fighter for Thailand completed its maiden flight in Linköping, Sweden, yesterday. The flight lasted for 80 minutes with Saab test pilot Mats Thorbiörnsson at the controls.
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2009-07-03 11:18
The week before midsummer the first prototype of artillery systems Archer rolled out from Bofors. A rebuilt Dumper full of new technologies.
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2009-06-25 14:41
FMV has today awarded the Finnish company Patria the contract to deliver the Patria AMV (Armoured Modular Vehicle)to the Swedish Armed Forces. The order includes 113 vehicles and system equipment. The value of the order is approximately EUR 240 million.
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2009-06-18 15:17
The first step to be able to fly unmanned vehicles in non-segregated airspace was taken when FMV on behalf of the Swedish government signed an agreement with France, Italy, Germany and Spain.
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2009-04-03 12:42
In a very short time, the corvette HMS Malmö and Stockholm, and support ship Trossö have been modified to be able to operate in very different waters than they originally intended. FMV has been responsible for a series of modifications of the vessels.
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2009-02-27 00:00
They travel almost everywhere, has great capacity and do not need any ports. The three hovercraft FMV yesterday handed over to the Swedish Armed Forces has many uses, not least in civil emergency.
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2008-11-24 14:30
FMV has submitted the second complete equipment for a mobile air base to the Swedish Defence.
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2008-11-04 15:20
The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) and its Norwegian equivalent FLO signed a cooperative agreement last week regarding development of the Archer system and acquisition of the sensor/weapon station Protector.
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2008-11-04 14:40
For a few days starting on 25 June, FMV’s missile test range in the North Bothnian town of Vidsel celebrated its 50th anniversary. The occasion was marked, among other things, by a seminar with guests invited from more than 15 different countries.
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2008-11-04 14:12
On 24-25 September 2008, FMV, the Swedish Armed Forces, the Swedish Emergency Management Agency and NATO have invited representatives from NATO, the industry, the police, the rescue services and government agencies to attend a live technical experiment involving Network Enabled Capability, which is a service-based concept for information exchange. Swedish civilian and military actors, and NATO,...
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2008-11-04 13:26
FMV’s efforts to develop methods for the handling, charging and maintenance of submarine batteries have resulted in annual savings of at least SEK 4 million.
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2008-11-04 13:04
A demonstration of the Swedish Armed Forces’ future tactical radio system will be held on 7-9 October. The aim is to show where Sweden stands in the development of what is known as software-defined radio.
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2008-11-04 10:07
40 years ago, in 1968, a joint materiel administration authority for all of Sweden’s armed forces was born: Försvarets Materielverk, or FMV.
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2008-11-04 09:40
At Swedec, located in Eksjö, instructors were trained during September in the new bomb transport system purchased by FMV for the Swedish Armed Forces.
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2008-06-24 11:01
The Hungarian Air Force has paid a visit to FMV’s test site in Vidsel and has carried out a number of trials with the Sidewinder air-to-air missile for the JAS 39 Gripen.
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2008-06-10 16:50
SWEDAC has decided to accredit FMV/CSEC as a Certification Body for IT-Security in products, systems and protection profiles.
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2008-04-28 09:08
On behalf of the Swedish Government, FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) today handed over Sweden’s proposal regarding Norway’s Future Combat Aircraft.
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2008-04-25 13:57
BAE Systems Hägglunds has been honoured with an Excellency in Technology Award by the global consultancy firm Frost & Sullivan for the design and development of the SEP (Splitterskyddad EnhetsPlattform) or Modular Armoured Tactical System.
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2008-04-16 09:18
In a laboratory in Enköping there are seven green boxes which could have a major effect on the way in which the Armed Forces communicate. There they are developing a radio system which has no vulnerable central nodes and a minimum of hardware.
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2008-03-14 14:00
For the first time, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration has been assigned the task, on behalf of the Swedish Coast Guard (KBV), of procuring a complete helmet diving system in conjunction with a corresponding order from the Swedish Armed Forces.
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2008-03-14 13:43
FMV has signed a contract with Telvent (Nasdaq: TLVT) for a new meteorological observation system, METOS, for the Swedish Armed Forces.
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2008-03-13 15:00
The Swedish Armed Forces are to get six vehicles designed for excavation, mine clearance and the building or breaching of obstacles. The Swedish Army’s engineer units have been asking for such a multi-function vehicle since 1999.
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2008-02-11 16:11
The agreement includes the delivery of six Gripen multirole fighter aircraft and a surveillance system.
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2008-01-29 08:32
Yesterday, 28th January, an official ceremony took place at the Hungarian Air Force base at Kecskemét, celebrating the successful delivery of all 14 Gripen aircraft to Hungary.
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2007-06-20 15:11
The first of a total of 18 Type 14 helicopters was handed over to FMV today in connection with the Paris Air Show.
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2007-05-16 15:00
There is a great need for light and mobile combat vehicles with good protection, not least in connection with Swedish international operations. Now comes AAC, the active armour concept, into the picture, which is a new system for protecting combat vehicle
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2007-05-02 14:50
In Enköping FMV (The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) has set up a department to develop future command and control systems. The facility, which is now being handed over to the purchaser, will in future act as the hub for all development work with
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2007-04-12 14:47
A new generation system for detecting and jamming radio communications is in the process of appearing. FMV is consolidating the work, in conjunction with the Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten), FOI (the Swedish Defence Research Agency) and industry.
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2007-03-20 14:17
Operating theatres, intensive care units and trauma units – together these make up a Forward surgical team for life-saving surgery that FMV is now negotiating for the Nordic intervention force, the Nordic Battle Group 08.
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2007-02-27 14:14
HMS Visby is now back in Karlskrona after carrying out a series of cold weather tests.
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2007-01-31 13:57
January 31 FMV delivered the ninth Gripen aircraft to Hungary. According to the agreement between Sweden and Hungary, the latter should have access to nine Gripen aircraft by August 2007.– “Today’s delivery means that we are six months ahead in deliveries, which naturally feels very satisfying. Much thanks are due to all those involved who made this possible, ” says the FMV Hungarian project...
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2007-01-25 10:06
Swedish troops serving in foreign countries need a vehicle for personnel transport that can negotiate roads that have been destroyed by mines or monsoon rain. The response from FMV was a bus with four-wheel drive built on a truck chassis.
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2006-12-20 14:13
The Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) has on behalf of the Swedish Armed Forces started tests and trials with a swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) called Diver Group Boat (DGB).
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2006-10-19 12:43
Eight nations were on site at the Swedish Defence Materiel’s FMV’s test range in Vidsel in connection with the testing of the Amraam missile.
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2006-08-14 02:30
Northern Lights, the Swedish camp in Afghanistan, needs large amounts of electricity to run around the clock. Per-Ove Holgersson at FMV has been the spider in the power supply net.
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2006-06-30 10:00
On 21 March this year, the first five Gripen aircraft landed at the Kecskemét base outside Budapest. It was the first part-delivery in an agreement that involves the installation of a complete Air Force.
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2006-06-15 02:30
FMV (Defence Materials Administration) will hand over a mobile CBRN field analysis laboratory to the Swedish Armed Forces today. The background to this is a government commission on increased protection capability against hazardous substances.
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2006-05-31 10:30
The storage of military materials in dry environments prolongs their working life and makes them more reliable.
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2006-03-28 02:00
During a period of four weeks the Dutch Air Force has tested its capacity for attack with precision weapons in the dark at the Armed Forces’ training site in Vidsel.
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2006-03-08 03:30
Rubber bullets, expanding truncheons and pepper spray are weapons used to stop aggressive actions without causing serious injuries. FMV is working to provide Swedish peacekeeping forces with these new devices.
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2006-03-07 09:48
FMV (the Defence Matériel Administration) is assisting its German counterpart BWB in trials of a mobile mortar system manufactured in Germany.
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2006-02-15 13:36
FMV (Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) has decided to focus its management of product data for the entire life cycle of the products according to the standardised format PLCS, Product LifeCycle Support.
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2005-05-17 15:21
Gunnar Holmgren took over as Director-General of FMV on 9 May. His previous position was that of Permanent Secretary to the Government Offices. With a strong interest in industrial and defence issues and a good knowledge of the industry’s way of working, the position of Director-General of FMV is entirely in line with Gunnar Holmgren’s aspirations. “Of all the public authorities, FMV is by far...
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2005-04-18 08:09
2004 was an eventful year for Sweden’s most project–intensive authority. Over 1, 400 assignments from the Swedish Armed Forces and other government authorities impose exacting demands on the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, fmv. Our external magazine protec has enabled Swedish readers to share in some of these assignments, large and small, national and international, with the common...
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2005-04-15 13:27
FMV’s strength lies in our ability to integrate a system development capability with expertise in international collaboration in such a way that we can offer our customers dependable, safe and effective means of meeting their defence procurement needs. During 2004, FMV continued its intensive work in support of deliveries both to our principal customer, the Swedish Armed Forces, and to a wide...
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