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Saab Walks the Portuguese Defence Industrial Pitch Public — €5 Billion Over 20 Years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Final Assembly, Critical Software Building the Simulator and an RBS15 Naval Add-On Sweetener

Saab Walks the Portuguese Defence Industrial Pitch Public — €5 Billion Over 20 Years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Final Assembly, Critical Software Building the Simulator and an RBS15 Naval Add-On Sweetener

Saab walks its Portuguese defence-industrial pitch public: €5 billion over 20 years for the Gripen E, OGMA in Alverca on final-assembly potential, Critical Software on the AI simulator, Thyssenkrupp-Vangest-Kristaltek as suppliers — and the RBS15 anti-ship missile as a Marinha sweetener.
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Lufthansa Technik Clears the Environmental Hurdle for Its €309 Million Engine-and-Component MRO Plant in Santa Maria da Feira — Construction Starts in Summer 2026 With 526 Jobs Targeted by 2030 and First Production Slated for 2028

Lufthansa Technik Clears the Environmental Hurdle for Its €309 Million Engine-and-Component MRO Plant in Santa Maria da Feira — Construction Starts in Summer 2026 With 526 Jobs Targeted by 2030 and First Production Slated for 2028

Lufthansa Technik's €309 million MRO factory at Lusopark in Santa Maria da Feira has obtained Portugal's environmental impact statement. Construction starts this summer with 526 jobs targeted by 2030, a 30-tonnes-a-day component throughput, and first production scheduled for 2028.
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