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[[Image:BAE Systems Land evolution.png|thumb|250px|Evolution of the land systems division of BAE Systems, 1970s to [[BAE Systems Land and Armaments|Land & Armaments]] formation]]
'''BAE Systems AB''' is a Swedish defence company and a subsidiary of [[BAE Systems Land and Armaments]], whose ultimate parent is the British defence contractor [[BAE Systems]]. The company was formed in 2006 by the merger of '''Land Systems Hägglunds AB''' and ''' BAE Systems Bofors'''.

==Business units==
===BAE Systems Hägglunds=== 
AB Hägglund & Söner was founded in 1899 in [[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 plc|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 [[Royal Ordnance|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, located in [[Karlskoga]], [[Sweden]], is a Swedish subsidiary of [[BAE Systems Land and Armaments]]. 

Its corporate heritage goes back to [[Bofors]], which was founded in 1873. In 1999 [[Saab]] purchased the Celsius Group, the parent group of Bofors. In September 2000 [[United Defense|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 reorganized all its land systems businesses into BAE Systems Land and Armaments. As part of acquisition Bofors Defence was renamed BAE Systems Bofors.

===BAE Systems C-ITS===
The company provides "Interactive Training and Simulation". It was a former United Defense company. On 28 November 2007, BAE Systems acquired the Swedish high-tech company Pitch Technologies AB, an innovator of computer-based research simulation and training technologies.<ref>{{cite press release| title =BAE Systems acquires Pitch Technologies AB.| publisher = BAE Systems plc| date = 2007-11-28| url =http://www.baesystems.com/Newsroom/NewsReleases/autoGen_107102894230.html| format = html | accessdate = 2007-11-30}}</ref>

==Products==
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===All terrain vehicles===
*[[Bv206]] tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle
*[[BvS10]] tracked articulated all-terrain vehicle

===Combat vehicles===
*[[Combat Vehicle 90]]
*[[Splitterskyddad EnhetsPlattform | SEP]] 

===Weapon systems===
*40 mm Tridon
*40 mm TriAD
*[[ARCHER Artillery System|Archer SP Artillery]]
*[[Haubits FH77/A|FH 77 Howitzer]]
*[[Bofors 57 mm gun|Bofors 57 mm]] & [[Bofors 40 mm gun|Bofors 40 mm]] Naval guns

===Ammunitions===
*Bonus Ammunition
*[[XM982 Excalibur|XM982 Excalibur Ammunition]]
*3P Ammunition

==References==

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*[http://www.baesystems.se/Hagglunds/default.asp Land Systems Hägglunds: The Company History] (Accessed Jan. 10 2006)
*[http://companies.infobasepub.com/detail_pages/19046.html companies.infobasepub.com: BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds] (Accessed Jan. 10 2006)

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