Gripen
Saab still chasing India with Gripen, anticipates EW variant
November 04 by Georg MaderSaab believes India could still be a customer for the JAS 39 Gripen fighter despite the country’s apparent decision to purchase the Dassault Rafale fleet, according to Lennart Sindahl, the...
SAAB still chasing India with Gripen, anticipates EW variant
October 14 by Georg MaderSaab believes India could still be a customer for the JAS 39 Gripen fighter despite the country’s apparent decision to purchase the Dassault Rafale fleet, according to Lennart Sindahl, the...
Interview: Brazil's Air Force Programme Head Discusses Gripen Acquisition, National Defence Strategy
June 03 by Georg MaderBrigadier Jose Crepaldi (right), Head of the Brazilian Air Force’s Programmes Office (Georg Mader) With a combined inventory of 700 fixed-wing and rotary-aircraft, the Brazilian Air Fo...
Brazil buys 36 Gripen NG aircraft from Saab
October 28 by Defence IQ PressThe Brazilian Aeronautics Command, COMAER, has signed a contract to acquire 36 Gripen NG fighter aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force for around SEK 39.3 billion ($5.4 billion). The contract, which...
Sweden to go ahead with Gripen acquisition after Swiss No vote
September 01 by Defence IQ PressWhen Switzerland voted No in the referendum to sanction the acquisition of Saab’s Gripen as its next generation fighter jet, it posed a problem for Sweden. The two countries had agreed a co...
Gripen: An unmanned fighter?
July 08 by Defence IQ PressSaab, maker of the Gripen fighter, is reportedly toying with the idea of creating an unmanned variant in the future as demand for the platform increases. "We expect to produce a large number of...
Swedish military readiness tested by Russian exercise
April 25 by Defence IQ PressJust two months after the Swedish Defence Minister, Karin Enstr÷m, questioned the country’s state of readiness in a speech about military capabilities, a Russian training exercise has expos...
Nordic air forces to address urgent airpower capability at Copenhagen summit
March 22 by Defence IQ PressAs Sweden debates whether it should follow Norway in raising its defence budget and Denmark reopens bidding to procure 30 new fighter aircraft, representatives from across the Nordic military commun...
What did Sweden take from Operation Unified Protector?
March 14 by Andrew ElwellLieutenant Colonel Stefan Wilson is the Head of Air Operations, J3 at the Swedish Armed Forces Headquarters. He was the commander of the first of two Swedish units sent during Operation Unified P...
Ex Dutch defence chief stumbles to the rescue as MPs contemplate ditching F-35
August 29 by Yousuf MalikFlight of fantasy The former chief of defence of The Netherlands, Dick Berlijn, and Dutch defence expert, Peter Wijninga, recently backed the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) programme and their...
Swiss government selects Saab's Gripen for SAF
December 01 by Saab Group30 November 2011, in Press Release - The Swiss government has decided to select Gripen as its future multirole fighter aircraft for the Swiss Air Force. Given that Switzerland is known globally f...
International Fighter: Problems and priorities
November 11 by Andrew ElwellAt the International Fighter 2011 Conference at London’s RAF Museum yesterday, speakers discussed and dissected the role of the multi-role fighter jet and the function of international Air For...