Saab's orders tripled in a quarter — and one Gripen deal is only part of why
Saab booked SEK 65.8 billion of orders in Q3 2026, about 3.2 times a year earlier. The Ukraine Gripen contract was the biggest piece, but the jets will not arrive until 2029.
On Oct 23, 2026, Saab published its third-quarter report, and the headline number was hard to miss. According to the report, order bookings came in at SEK 65,825 million, against SEK 20,861 million in the same quarter of 2025. That is roughly 3.2 times as much, which is why CNBC's headline said orders had tripled.
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