{"id":5226,"date":"2023-09-04T06:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:56:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T14:56:05","slug":"quercus-international-advises-on-the-sale-of-bluebear-to-saab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terra-alliance.com\/staging\/quercus-international-advises-on-the-sale-of-bluebear-to-saab\/","title":{"rendered":"Quercus International advises on the sale of Bluebear to Saab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Quercus Corporate Finance team has advised the shareholders of Blue Bear Systems Group Limited (\u201cBlue Bear\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) on the sale of the Company to Saab UK Limited (\u201cSaab\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Blue Bear is a world-leading provider of AI-enabled autonomous swarm systems for complex defence and security applications. Based in Bedford (UK), Blue Bear employs 65 employees with a turnover of \u00a38 million in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is part of Saab\u2019s continued international growth journey across key markets, which include the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>The combination of Saab\u2019s world-leading products, services and solutions, and Blue Bear\u2019s experience as an agile integrator of AI-enabled autonomous swarm systems will be a powerful driver of Saab\u2019s future capabilities. Blue Bear will contribute to Saab\u2019s existing activities worldwide and Saab will benefit from Blue Bear\u2019s expertise in autonomy and swarming, as well as command and control systems.<\/p>\n<p>Within Saab, Blue Bear will be a centre for Rapid Concept Development providing expertise and scaling-up innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Quercus Corporate Finance team has advised the shareholders of Blue Bear Systems Group Limited (\u201cBlue Bear\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) on the sale of the Company to Saab UK Limited (\u201cSaab\u201d). Blue Bear is a world-leading provider of AI-enabled autonomous swarm systems for complex defence and security applications. 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