Overview
- Saab publicly unveiled the CB90 CX as a larger variant of its Combat Boat 90 designed from the start to operate optionally crewed or fully uncrewed and to carry heavier payloads.
- The company is offering three initial configurations for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, anti‑ship strike with MBDA’s Marte ER missile, and short‑range air defence equipped with Rheinmetall’s Seasnake 30.
- The CB90 CX uses a new Combat Core digital backbone and Autonomous Ocean Core autonomy software to integrate ship automation, monitoring, fire control and steer‑by‑wire systems into a single open architecture.
- Sweden is the launch customer, the first CB90 CX is in final acceptance trials ahead of delivery, and Saab is expanding its Docksta production capacity to meet expected demand from NATO and allied navies.
- The design responds to rising use of small, distributed threats in places like the Baltic, Black and Red Seas by letting navies spread strike, sensing, and mobile air defence across many fast, low‑signature boats.