Private company

BAE Systems AB

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Swedish arms manufacturer

BAE Systems AB is a subsidiary holding company for the Swedish assets of BAE Systems Land & Armaments, whose ultimate parent is the British defence contractor BAE Systems. The portfolio in 2020 contained the companies Systems C-ITS, involved in simulators and training; Bofors, that produces tube gun systems and related munitions; Hägglunds, the manufacturer of tracked military and civilian vehicles.2 It is part of BAE Systems Inc.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2006Founded1

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BAE Systems Land evolution
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BAE Systems AB is a subsidiary holding company for the Swedish assets of BAE Systems Land & Armaments, whose ultimate parent is the British defence contractor BAE Systems.2

Corporate structure

BAE Systems AB is part of a group headed by BAE Systems Inc.. 7 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Products and brands

Subsidiaries

BAE Systems Hägglunds

AB Hägglund & Söner was founded in 1899 by Johan Hägglund in Gullänget, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The company was divided in 1988, one part being Hägglunds Vehicle AB, the military vehicles business. In October 1997 the British company Alvis plc acquired Hägglunds Vehicle AB to form Alvis Hägglunds AB. Alvis expanded its military vehicle business in 1998 with the purchase of GKN's armoured vehicle division in 1998 and Vickers Defence in 2002 to form Alvis Vickers. In September 2004 BAE Systems acquired Alvis Vickers and merged it with its RO Defence ordnance division to form BAE Systems Land Systems. Hägglunds was renamed Land Systems Hägglunds.

In June 2005 BAE Systems acquired United Defense and reorganised its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments, with Land Systems and Land Systems Hägglunds as subsidiaries of this U.S. based operating group.

BAE Systems Bofors

BAE Systems Bofors AB, located in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish subsidiary of BAE Systems Platforms & Services.

Its corporate heritage goes back to Bofors, which was founded in 1646 and entered the Defence business in 1883. In 1999 Saab purchased the Celsius Group, the parent group of Bofors. In September 2000 United Defense Industries (UDI) purchased Bofors Weapon Systems from Saab (the tube artillery interests), while Saab retained the missile interests. In 2005 BAE Systems purchased UDI and re-organised all its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments. As part of acquisition Bofors Defence was renamed BAE Systems Bofors.

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BAE Systems C-ITS

The company "construct, develop and maintain computer based education-, training-, management- and command systems in Europe". It originated from the former United Defense company. On 28 November 2007, BAE Systems acquired the Swedish high-tech company Pitch Technologies AB founded in 1991, an innovator of computer-based research simulation and training technologies. C-ITS is registered as inactive since 2018.

Products

All-terrain vehicles

Bandvagn 202 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle

Bandvagn 206 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle

BvS 10 tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle

Combat vehicles

Pansarbandvagn 302

Combat Vehicle 90

SEP

Stridsvagn 122

Weapon systems

40 mm Tridon

40 mm TriAD

Archer SP Artillery

FH 77 Howitzer

Bofors 57 mm & Bofors 40 mm Naval guns

Ammunitions

Bofors Bonus Anti-armour artillery shell.

XM982 Excalibur Ammunition

3P Ammunition

Camouflage

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Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

  • BAE Systems Bofors
  • BAE Systems Hägglunds
  • Bofors

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Timeline

  1. 2006Founded Founded1

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