Saab announced a partnership with Akaer on 14 April during LAAD 2015. The contract ensures the Swedish company a 15% share in the Brazilian company. During the event, the CEO of Akear, César Augusto T.A. Silva, and the Vice-President for International Partnerships of Saab, Jan Germundsson, celebrated the association between the two companies.
The two companies have been working together for almost six years, and since 2012, Saab has brought the partnership to another level by providing resources to Akaer in the form of convertible loan. Such loan has now become officially a 15% profit share. With the selection of Saab for providing 36 Gripen NG supersonic fighters to Brazil, Akaer is responsible for supporting the Swedish company in the process of technology transfer, which is part of the contract with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Akaer is one of the few Brazilian organisations taking part of most Embraer’s airplane projects, as well as projects by international manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Saab . By becoming a corporation, the change in capital structure gives the company access to new technologies and foreign markets.
"This partnership will help Akaer move on with the plan of becoming an integrator of first-level structures and systems (1st Tier), fully able to supply to the aerospacial and defense industry anywhere in the world,” explained Augusto.
The two companies have been working together for almost six years, and since 2012, Saab has brought the partnership to another level by providing resources to Akaer in the form of convertible loan. Such loan has now become officially a 15% profit share. With the selection of Saab for providing 36 Gripen NG supersonic fighters to Brazil, Akaer is responsible for supporting the Swedish company in the process of technology transfer, which is part of the contract with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Akaer is one of the few Brazilian organisations taking part of most Embraer’s airplane projects, as well as projects by international manufacturers such as Boeing, Airbus, Airbus Helicopters, and Saab . By becoming a corporation, the change in capital structure gives the company access to new technologies and foreign markets.
"This partnership will help Akaer move on with the plan of becoming an integrator of first-level structures and systems (1st Tier), fully able to supply to the aerospacial and defense industry anywhere in the world,” explained Augusto.
Andre Forkert