http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/gripen/ en-us Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:04 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413676/posts Sea Gripen landing on carrier (image : Scenium) Saab Touts Sea Gripen for India and Brazil Saab is responding to an Indian Navy (IN) request for information (RfI) regarding future carrier-capable fighters with a new development of the Gripen NG, dubbed the Sea Gripen. India's RfI, selectively released to bidders over recent weeks, seeks detailed information on a common aircraft design for conventional aircraft carrier operations and short take-off but arrested recovery (STOBAR) operations. Beyond the (much delayed) entry into service of the INS Vikramaditya (the rebuilt former Russian Navy vessel Admiral Gorshkov ), India has ambitious plans to build... Jane's Defence Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2413676/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:00:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379301/posts PICTURE: Saab's Gripen Demo makes first flight with AESA radar By Craig Hoyle Saab's Gripen Demo aircraft has made its first test flight since receiving a key technology on offer to potential export customers including Brazil, India and Switzerland. Now equipped with the antenna and other elements of Selex Sensors and Airborne Systems' Vixen 1000E/ES05 Raven active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, the two-seat demonstrator resumed its flight activities on 27 October, when it performed a sortie from Saab's Linköping site in Sweden. The heavily modified B-model aircraft had been on the ground in refit for the last several months,... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379301/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:09:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363680/posts SA could benefit if Brazil chooses Gripen over French fighter By: Keith Campbell 16th October 2009 Should Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab win the current Brazilian FX-2 contest for a new fighter with its Gripen NG, a docu- ment leaked to media in Brazil indicates, part of the aircraft would be made in South Africa. The document, obtained by the defence news website, Defesa@Net, shows that Saab is propos- ing that part of the airframe for Brazilian Gripens be built in South Africa. The Swedish company is also proposing the use of some South African mission equipment and weapons systems. Saab... Engineering News, South Africa http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2363680/posts#comment Fri, 16 Oct 2009 05:18:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336328/posts Saab offers advanced radar for Gripen IN, clarifies some controversies 08:20 GMT, September 10, 2009 8ak | Yesterday Saab finally provided some details on the AESA radar and presented some explanation to quell rumours about the Gripen IN. Firstly, the AESA radar is being developed by Selex Galileo and this crucial part of the offering will not be subject to U.S. EUMA laws. In July, Jerusalem Post broke a story saying that the U.S. had pressured IAI to withdraw from jointly offering sensitive technologies such as their AESA radar. Mr Eddy de la Motte, India Director for Saab said that... http://www.8ak.in http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336328/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286279/posts US pressures IAI to drop bid on fighter jets to India By YAAKOV KATZ Under pressure from the Pentagon, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been forced to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to compete in a multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. The deal, estimated at a whopping $12 billion for over 120 new aircraft, is being fought over by Lockheed Martin's F-16, Boeing's F-18/Hornet, Russia's MiG-35 and BAE's Eurofighter. IAI was asked by Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen fighter jet, to jointly develop an advanced... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2286279/posts#comment Mon, 6 Jul 2009 04:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128315/posts If Russia and Sweden once again will find themselves in a military conflict (last time was 1809, when Sweden lost Finland), a wild stab in the dark of a guess would be that Gripens will play a role in fending off the bear. The SAAB Gripen suffered from some initial problems, but has turned out a very interesting and competent plane. This is, to a large extent, thanks to British BAE Systems. God save the Queen. In order to watch the recent "show off" at Linköping, Sweden, just click the link below. www.youtube.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2128315/posts#comment Sat, 8 Nov 2008 01:28:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269583/posts PARIS AIR SHOW: Gripping Gripen By Craig Hoyle Saab is reporting an unprecedented level of interest in its flagship Gripen combat aircraft, despite a high-profile and ongoing spat with the Norwegian defence ministry, which last November rejected its next-generation offering in favour of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. "We're saturated with opportunities at the moment," says Bob Kemp, senior vice-president sales and marketing for Gripen International. The company fielded five requests for proposals in 2008, plus four requests for information, he says. "As an organisation we're established to handle one RFP and one RFI a year. People were pretty... Flight Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269583/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 15:19:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264612/posts Gripen revives war of words over Norwegian fighter assessment By Craig Hoyle Saab-led Gripen International has revived its war of words linked to the Norwegian defence ministry's selection of Lockheed Martin's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and rejection of its Gripen NG offering last November. The move comes as the next-generation version of the Swedish fighter is in the final phase of competitions in Brazil and Switzerland, and as Saab attempts to revive stalled procurement efforts in three eastern European states. Oslo prompted a furious response from Saab chief executive Åke Svensson last year after eliminating the Gripen from its fighter... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2264612/posts#comment Thu, 4 Jun 2009 14:36:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242059/posts Wide-Angle Radar For Gripen NG Posted by Bill Sweetman at 5/1/2009 1:00 AM CDT Back around Aero-India, certain of Gripen's competitors (you know who you are) were circulating the rumor that the NG version was in trouble because it didn't have a radar. The demonstrator will fly with a Thales active electronically scanned array (AESA) but the French government and Dassault - now seeing the NG as a competitor in India and Brazil - had blocked the export of a production radar. By that time, though, it was pretty clear that Saab was talking to Selex - which, back when... Aviation Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2242059/posts#comment Fri, 1 May 2009 15:13:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169578/posts Saab celebrates 'supercruise' test success for Gripen Demo By Craig Hoyle Saab's Gripen Demo aircraft has passed a significant milestone in its ongoing test programme, with the two-seater having on 21 January demonstrated its "supercruise" performance for the first time. Company test pilot Magnus Ljungdahl says the aircraft was flown to a speed of more than Mach 1.2 at 28,000ft (8,540m) above the Baltic Sea, and adds: "Without using afterburner I maintained the same speed until I ran out of test area." The sortie was conducted from Saab's Linköping test centre. Saab says the supercruise event forms part of a... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2169578/posts#comment Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:08:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166337/posts Gripen Denies It Failed MMRCA Evaluation Jan 16, 2009 By Neelam Mathews Gripen is denying a news report in a local daily claiming the company will be left out of field trials for India’s Medium Multi-Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) competition because it didn’t make the grade with the Indian Air Force’s Technical Evaluation Committee. The technical report is said to have been submitted to the Indian ministry of defense in mid-November of last year. It now has to be approved by the ministry before the field trials can begin. Eddy de la Motte, director of Gripen International in India, told... Aviation Week http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2166337/posts#comment Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:12:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048446/posts Sweden's Gripen competes with the F-35 By BOB COX rcox@star-telegram.com FARNBOROUGH, England — Just a few years ago, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter was widely viewed as the world’s leading next-generation, high-technology aircraft, with no strong Western competitor. That’s no longer the case. Saab, the Swedish industrial conglomerate better known in the U.S. for performance cars than airplanes, has impressed potential aircraft buyers with an aggressive marketing campaign for its upgraded Gripen fighter jet. Denmark and Norway, two nations that have invested in the F-35, are now holding competitions pitting the F-35 against the Gripen. Denmark is... Star Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048446/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 18:11:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045593/posts FARNBOROUGH 2008: Saab pitches Gripen NG as JSF alternative The export market for the Saab Gripen fighter is starting to take off. “It’s all happening at a tremendous pace” says Bob Kemp, senior vice president for international sales & marketing at Gripen International, the company that handles sales of the Swedish aircraft. In the days leading up to the show, Gripen International submitted a proposal to Switzerland, claiming the Gripen offered the most cost-effective and proportionate replacement for the Swiss Air Force’s ageing Northrop Grumman F-5E/F fighters. Rival aircraft such as the Dassault Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon would both... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045593/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:06:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041698/posts Saab updates sales vision for next-generation Gripen By Niall O'Keeffe Saab's Gripen Demo aircraft, intended as a bridge to the next generation version of the fighter, has completed its third test flight, and is expected to log between 40 and 60 by year-end, as the project builds towards its second phase. In its Phase I guise the demonstrator incorporates a new landing gear and weapons pylons, plus a General Electric F414G engine. Phase II upgrades will include a new modular avionics system, which Saab says will use layers and partitions to isolate system components and separate flight-critical from mission functions.... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2041698/posts#comment Mon, 7 Jul 2008 04:59:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005718/posts Gripen Demonstrator – The Future has Arrived! (Source: Gripen International; issued April 23, 2008) Today in Linköping, Sweden, Saab and its powerful network of leading international aerospace partners, proudly unveiled the first of the next generation of combat fighters, the Gripen Demonstrator aircraft. In an event attended by over 700 international guests which was broadcast ‘live’ around the world, the Gripen Demonstrator (Demo) aircraft was ‘rolled-out’ in a spectacular ceremony in front of the world’s media. The Gripen Demonstrator programme is the pathfinder for a whole new generation of technologies and capabilities to ensure that Gripen remains at the leading... Gripen International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2005718/posts#comment Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:44:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958696/posts Czech military receives 24 U.S. AMRAAM missiles www.chinaview.cn 2008-01-24 04:23:18 PRAGUE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Czech military has received 24 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States, Defense Ministry spokesman Andrej Cirtek said on Wednesday. The AMRAAM missiles are to improve the combat qualities of the Jas-39 Gripen fighters the Czech Republic has leased from Sweden, the Czech news agency CTK quoted Cirtek as saying. The Czech-U.S. contract for the purchase of AMRAAMs was signed in 2005. The Czech military has leased a total of 14 Jas-39 Gripens from Sweden for 10 years for 19.6 billion crowns... Xinhua,China http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958696/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:10:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956927/posts Sweden's Saab says Swiss mulling Gripen fighters Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:25am EST STOCKHOLM, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Swedish aerospace firm Saab (SAABb.ST: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that Switzerland was mulling buying its state-of-art Gripen fighter in a deal potentially worth billions of Swedish crowns. Saab said that Switzerland had requested it to tender for a contract to replace its fleet of F-5 fighters around the year 2013. Saab is one of four candidates. The Swedish firm will submit its offer in the middle of 2008 with a decision due in 2009. "There is massive interest in Gripen... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956927/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:48:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954428/posts US concerned over Norway's $8bn fighter selection programme, Saab's Gripen may be favoured news 15 January 2008 Helsinki: Almost immediately after the Eurofighter consortium distanced itself from the Norwegian fighter replacement programme in December last year, citing alterations in the bidding process as favouring the US JSF-35 programme, it is now the turn of the US to cry foul saying that the process may actually be skewed in favour of the Swedish JAS-39 Gripen-N programme. Post-withdrawal of the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter from the competition, the Lockheed Martin JSF-35 and the Saab JAS-39 Gripen-N fighters are now in contention for the... domain-b.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1954428/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:06:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930585/posts Fit for the fight: Competition in the fighter market By Craig Hoyle Competition in the fighter market is as keen as ever, with rivals vying to fill big-ticket programmes. But will US Congress clip the F-22's export wings? The high-profile fighter sector has grabbed many of the headlines during 2007. India at last launched a contest for 126 aircraft, while the subject of stealth - primarily in the form of the Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, but also through the company's F-35 Joint Strike Fighter - has exercised nations including Japan and South Korea, and prompted the US Congress to address... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1930585/posts#comment Mon, 26 Nov 2007 14:31:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914589/posts Sweden to renew Gripens as Thailand selects Swedish fighter By Graham Warwick Thailand has selected the Saab Gripen multirole fighter as the Swedish air force signs a contract to upgrade its aircraft and fund a demonstrator for the next-generation Gripen. The Thai cabinet has approved the budget to procure 12 Gripen C/Ds and two Saab Erieye airborne early warning aircraft for the Royal Thai Air Force. The Gripens will replace the RTAF's Northrop F-5B/Es. Phase 1 of the two-stage procurement covers six Gripens and one Erieye, and is budgeted at 19,000 billion baht ($600 million) between 2008 and 2012. The... Flightglobal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1914589/posts#comment Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:12:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913417/posts October 19, 2007: Thailand has decided to replace its aging F-5 fighters with a dozen Swedish JAS-39 Gripen fighters. These will cost about $55 million each (with spares, support and training.) The 14 ton JAS-39 is roughly comparable with the latest versions of the F-16. It is also used by Sweden, South Africa, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. The first six will be delivered before 2011, the second six will not all arrive until 2017. The slow delivery is because Thailand does not have the money to buy the aircraft all at once. At the same time, two Swedish Erieye... Strategy Page http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913417/posts#comment Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:59:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894028/posts Saab to fly Future Gripen by late 2008 By Craig Hoyle Saab, meanwhile, expects to fly a two-seat demonstrator for an increased-size Future Gripen by late 2008, with risk-sharing partners including General Electric, Honeywell, Terma and Thales now onboard. The aircraft's outer mould line has not yet been frozen, but windtunnel tests have recently been conducted by Switzerland's Ruag. The design features a relocated and strengthened main undercarriage, two additional stores pylons and a 35-40% increase in internal fuel capacity. "We have been very pleased with what we have seen, and with the performance of the [GE] F414 engine," says... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1894028/posts#comment Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:07:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890844/posts Sweden offers joint development of jets, submarines to India NEW DELHI: Keen to cast off the ghost of the Bofors kickbacks scam, Sweden has proposed new avenues of defence cooperation to India, including joint development of jet fighters and submarines. "The Swedish government is proposing to invest in Gripen fighters and is keen that India too take a investment stake in jointly developing these new generation fighters," visiting Swedish Vice Minister for Defence H G Wessburg said. Gripen is one of six jets vying for India's biggest ever global tender worth over Rs 42,000 crore (10 billion dollars) for the... Press Trust of India http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1890844/posts#comment Tue, 4 Sep 2007 12:14:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861547/posts Air force likely to opt for Swedish jet fighter Multi-role Gripen favoured over SU-30 WASSANA NANUAM The air force is set to abandon its preference for Russia's giant, fuel-hungry SU-30 fighters in favour of Sweden's lightweight, multi-role JAS-39 Gripen, a source said yesterday. Purchase of the SU-30 jets was seen as close to a done deal under the ousted Thaksin Shinawatra government. The cabinet is willing to allow the force to buy six of the 12 jets it has requested over the next five years, the source said. Only after five years will the air force be able to consider... The Bangkok Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1861547/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jul 2007 02:54:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857489/posts Sweden to approve Saab's Gripen upgrade By Craig Hoyle The Swedish government is poised to approve a key demonstration programme that will support the continued development of the Saab Gripen for the nation's air force and potential future export customers. Due to be considered by the Swedish parliament last week, the project will lead to test flights between next year and 2010 of an improved two-seat JAS39B equipped with a new engine, redesigned undercarriage, 40% increase in internal fuel capacity and a 2t growth in maximum take-off weight to 16t. The enhancements were outlined last year as part of an... Flight International http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1857489/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:34:19 GMT