Saab's results January-March 2013

Defence and security company Saab presents the results for January-March 2013.CEO comment: Håkan Buskhe The year started strong with an increase in order bookings in all business areas and the order backlog grew by 32 per cent. Sales amounted to MSEK 5,862 with a reported and organic growth of 5 per cent. A high activity level, especially in the business areas Aeronautics and Combitech, contributed to growth. The operating margin was 6.8 per cent. During the quarter 6.1 per cent of sales were invested in internally funded research and development. In business area Electronic Defence