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.
BAE Systems C-ITS The company "construct, develop and maintain computer based education-, training-, management- and command systems in Europe". C-ITS is registered as inactive since 2018. ==Products==