VIDEO: Stealth fighter demonstrator flies in Sweden
Linkoping University is testing a 1:13 scaled demonstrator of a stealth fighter concept designed by Saab. First flight of the demonstrator occurred in November, and the university posted the video...
View ArticleSpotted: Gripen NG with new fuel tanks
One of the Gripen NG’s key sales points is range. Saab says the fighter can fly 1,300km with six air to air missiles, loiter 30min and return to base. It’s hard to make a direct comparison to the F-35...
View ArticleWikileaks shows US played AESA trick on Gripen in Norway
It was September 2008 in Oslo, and a member of the US embassy named “Whitney” was very worried about the Saab Gripen’s bid for Norway’s fighter contract. “Public opinion has swung away from the F-35...
View ArticleVIDEO: Swedish Air Force unveils new Viggen capability – sledding!
[CORRECTION: The video shows the Viggen, not the Gripen. Still, I'm sure it's available as a retrofit option.] I hope Saab updates its Gripen sales pitch. The never-revealed-before sledding feature of...
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#DXB11: Certain victory for Rafale turns uncertain
So much for the rampant rumours (well, rampant throughout France anyway) that the UAE’s long-delayed fighter contract was a done-deal for the Rafale.Everything we know about the United Arab Emirates...
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BREAKING: Swiss selection makes Saab Gripen an export ‘ace’
Switzerland has reportedly made the first move to become the fifth country outside Sweden to acquire the Saab Gripen fighter. If export sales were dogfight kills, the Gripen would now be an ace....
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Next-gen Gripen gets orders boost
Launched back in 1982, Saab’s Gripen programme already looked set to have a good few years left in its production run, but a new agreement between Sweden and Switzerland has given the firm a real boost...
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Saab says ECA; who they?
I was intrigued to see that ECA Program (you might remember them as the Amsterdam-based company which is looking to raise funds to buy a dazzling array of combat aircraft from places like China,...
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Red Flag role highlights Gripen’s evolution
Big thanks to writer and photographer Gunnar Åkerberg for filing and illustrating an ace feature in the new issue of Flight International about the Swedish air force’s involvement in exercise Red Flag...
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Could Saab make Gripen go unmanned? And why bother?
One of the more surprising bits of news at the Paris air show was the disclosure by Saab’s chief executive of early studies into enabling the Gripen to fly as an unmanned asset. Here’s a...
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