Sweden to buy Lockheed Martin's Himars artillery rocket system in $729 mln deal (updated)
07/09/2026 13:10
UPDATE 1-Sweden to buy Lockheed Martin's Himars artillery rocket system in $729 mln deal Adds detail on value, delivery in paragraphs 2-3
STOCKHOLM, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Sweden has decided it will buy Lockheed Martin's LMT.N Himars artillery rocket system, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said on Monday.
The value of the deal will be around 7 billion Swedish crowns ($728.8 million), Jonson told a press conference
The deal will be for around 10 Himars (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems) systems, plus ammunition
Deliveries are expected from 2027
Ammunition for the systems to be produced in Sweden by Saab SAABb.ST in cooperation with Lockheed Martin
($1 = 9.6049 Swedish crowns)
(Reporting by Essi Lehto and Elviira Luoma, editing by Anna Ringstrom)
((elviira.luoma@thomsonreuters.com; +48 58 769 66 46;))
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