随着欧洲国防开支的持续增长, building additional capacity and investing in capabilities based on new technologies will be crucial to meet the growing needs of customers. 2023年，我们在客户交付和产能提升方面不懈努力. 随着对十大正规博彩网站排名独特和多样化的投资组合的兴趣日益浓厚, 我们增加了对R的投资&强化我们的创新雄心, to ensure that Saab’s product portfolio remains strong and that we can grow sustainably in the long term. Much of this is done in collaboration with customers who seek to replenish stocks and develop new technologies to strengthen defence capabilities both now and for the future.

The emergence of disruptive technologies such as AI and autonomy is set to be a game-changer for our industry and reshape defence and security applications in the future. 年内, we accelerated our activities in these areas and completed the acquisitions of the AI-enabled defence tech company BlueBear in 美国.K. 以及美国硅谷的人工智能公司CrowdAI.S. These acquisitions will enable Saab to leverage emerging technologies across our product portfolio and drive capabilities for future growth.

此外, we announced three strategic 合作伙伴hips; we entered into a cooperation agreement with Helsing, a European defence company specialising in AI-based software technology and made an investment for a 5% stake in the company. We also signed an agreement with Babcock to explore future opportunities within advanced surface ships. 除了, we signed an MoU agreement with 新加坡 Technologies Engineering to further deepen our collaboration and opportunities in several defence domains.

We believe increased collaboration and 合作伙伴hips will further strengthen our competitiveness in the market and support our customers' evolving needs. Saab's position as a trusted partner was further confirmed during 2023 by the significant order intake we recorded. 订单量增长23%，达到780亿瑞典克朗。. 我们的积压达1530亿瑞典克朗. 全年, 我们继续执行专注于多国内的战略, with growth in all of our selected strategic markets; Sweden，美国.S.，美国.K.、德国和澳大利亚.

An important milestone in 2023 was the signing of framework agreements with NATO’s 支持 and Procurement Agency for the Carl-Gustaf and AT4 weapon systems, 与我们专注于支持我们的客户建立他们的防御能力一致. We also received an order for two 空气borne Early Warning (AEW) aircraft to 波兰 and rolled out the first aircraft two months after contract signing. 此外, we delivered Sweden’s new SIGINT ship as well as the first serially-produced Gripen E to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration.

有机销售增长 for the full year was 23% and reflected the higher production volumes we have in all our businesses. 盈利能力也有所改善，营业利润率为8%.3% (7.8). 全年现金流达到3瑞典克朗.20亿年. 2023年即将结束, 我满意地得出结论，我们再次达到了我们所有的财政目标.

展望未来，履行我们的客户合同和我们强大的积压将是关键. 基于计划项目执行和交付的当前可见性, 我们预计2024年全年的有机销售额增长率将在12-16%之间. We are also committed to continue growing the operating income above organic sales growth in 2024. The last four years we have reported positive cash flow and we foresee a continued positive cash flow for the full year.

作为一家成长中的瑞典国防公司, we have the ambition to be a sustainability leader in our industry and we strive to be sustainable in all parts of our business, 支持联合国全球契约及其十项原则. 我们有, 除了加快集团内部的气候转型倡议外, 并推出了新的行为准则，并更新了我们的可持续发展战略框架. 年内, we have also undertaken a thorough project across the organisation to be compliant with the new upcoming European 可持续性 Reporting Standards. 我相信这个项目和最新的可持续发展战略, 以及我们负责任的商业实践的坚实基础, 将指引我们沿着摆在我们面前的雄心勃勃的增长道路前进吗.

2023年也是十大正规博彩网站排名创新的一年，推出了几款新产品, including the Giraffe 1X Deployment Set and new features for our Barracuda camouflage solutions as well as showcasing our land-based capabilities for next-generation air defence. 在海军方面, 我们介绍了我们未来的操作员工作空间控制台概念, 利用十大正规博彩网站排名在战舰作战系统硬件和软件方面的专业知识. 这一切都得益于我们十大正规博彩网站排名最重要的资源——我们的员工.

Beyond actively engaging 我们的员工 to ensure that they are set to address the growing demand, 关键是我们要继续投资, 确保相关能力并适应新技术. In 2023, 我们已经成功地吸引了近2家公司,全球新增员工500人, 增长13%. 同时, Saab has climbed in the rankings as a top-ten most attractive IT and Engineering employer in Sweden. 当我们展望未来, we are investing in upskilling through our learning platform and putting efforts into both onboarding and our people experience. 我们所有的努力都是为了可持续发展, 创新和人才将是我们长期成功和价值创造的关键.

斯德哥尔摩，2024年2月

Micael Johansson
总裁兼首席执行官