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Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab has confirmed its acquisition of United Kingdom autonomous swarm systems developer BlueBear Systems Group.
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BlueBear develops artificial intelligence-enabled autonomous swarm systems for complex defence and security applications, generating a 2022 turnover of £8 million from its 65-employee worksite in Bedford, England.
Saab president and chief executive officer Micael Johansson said the acquisition of all shares in BlueBear is part of Saab’s continued international growth journey across key markets in the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States, and Germany.
“This acquisition is another step in support of our international growth strategy as we seek to ensure Saab is well positioned in key markets and to sustain our competitive advantage,” Johansson said.
“BlueBear, as world-leading provider of AI-enabled autonomous swarm systems for complex defence and security applications, is a good fit with our approach of leveraging emerging technologies in the fields of autonomous systems and artificial intelligence.”
Moving forward, it’s expected that BlueBear will be a centre for Rapid Concept Development within Saab, contributing to existing autonomy, swarming, command and control systems.
“For BlueBear this is an important step in our journey as we now move forward as part of Saab,” BlueBear chief executive officer Dr Yoge Patel said.
“We see many enhanced opportunities around naval, air, and land autonomy, payload integration, next generation command and control, AI-enabled defence clouds as well as next generation platforms.”
