5-550: Industrigruppen JAS AB ( IG JAS AB ) was a Swedish industrial consortium under executive director Harald Schröder founded in August 1980 by Saab-Scania (later Saab ), Volvo Flygmotor , LM Ericsson , Svenska Radioaktiebolaget Communications and Förenade Fabriksverken (FFV) for the development, construction and manufacturing of the new Swedish combat aircraft JAS 39 Gripen on behalf of the Swedish Air Force . The tender
10-425: The 2.0 L B version . In 1977, Saab took advantage of Scania's experience with turbochargers and added one to the engine, thus creating one of the earliest turbocharged automobile engines to be produced in large numbers. When the corporation was split in 1995, the name of the truck and bus division changed back to Scania AB. Saab Aircraft ( Saab AB ) and Saab cars were also split, with General Motors buying
15-468: The third and final batch consisting of 64 aircraft JAS 39C and 14 aircraft JAS39D, as the sole purpose was fulfilled. References in Swedish: This aeronautical company–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Saab-Scania Saab-Scania AB was a Swedish vehicle manufacturer that was formed from the 1969 merger of Saab AB and Scania-Vabis . The company
20-550: Was split in 1995. Truck and bus manufacturer Scania AB of Södertälje merged with car and aeroplane manufacturer Saab AB of Trollhättan on 1 September 1969, under the Wallenberg family group of companies. The merger meant that Saab no longer had to import the British Triumph Slant-4 engine , and could instead use the engine production facilities of Scania. In 1972 they started manufacturing
25-453: Was submitted in June 1981 to Försvarets Materielverk (FMV) , and on 30 June 1982 a contract was signed for development, and for five prototype aircraft and 30 production aircraft. Between 2006 and 2009 all participating companies save Volvo Aero was either bought out, or purchased by and merged into Saab. The consortium was dissolved under executive director Lennart Sindahl after the delivery of
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