Although the plant has not yet been built, Swedish radio says Project Simoom began under FOI's leadership in 2007, but was handed to a private company in 2009, when it was felt that the defence agency was "legally hindered" from continuing.
BBC: Sweden in secret Saudi arms factory project - report
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simoom:
From Arabic ?????? ?(samūm, “hot wind”), from ????? ?(samma, “to poison”).