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 ...erve
centre
Sweden prepares to
open its tactical
training and
conversion centre
for the JAS39
Gripen.
SIMON ELLIOTT/SATENAS
Svenska Flygvapnet (Swedish air force) wing F7, based at Satenas in southern Sweden, will soon be the focus of attention for Swedish combat-aircraft operations.
The re...
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 ...ripens, to reduce development time and
programme costs. British Aerospace, for
instance, manufactured the initial sets of
composite wings for the prototypes. Saab
later assumed responsibility for...
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 ...he Gripen
Equation.
In a smart aircraft, each individual
quality works together to make the
whole system worth more than the
sum of its parts. Synergy. One plus
one equals three.
That's the Gripen...
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 ...aab unveils refined Gripen
Above Gripen's revised outline. Below The engineering mockup
LINKOPING
Saab-Scania has shown the
definitive shape of the JAS.39
Gripen multirole combat
aircraft for the first time,
repor...
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 ...EATES THE FIRST
JLTIROLE FIGHTER.
* •rol
• Lit
I is <
< lira
he next century's first multi-
role fighter is the JAS 39 Gripen.
Like the Saab SF 340, its design
completely new. The JAS con-
* I tract is a firm commitment from
the Swedish Government to the pro
gram. In 1987, when the Gripen flies for
the first time...
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 ...he Gripen's chameleon-like role changes
owe much to the software resident in the
aircraft's five Ericsson SDS80 computers.
The pilot can simply reconfigure the mis
sion avionics from the cockpit. Gro...
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 ...ripen flies unstable
The first prototype of Sweden's
J AS 39 Gripen fighter made its
maiden flight on December 9
with the fly-by-wire flight
control system fully operational.
Once the aircraft ...
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 ... iBrst. GfijpeS prbwHvpe
• »lew in December 1988. Delays' in
J clearing the aircraft's fly-by-wirit flight
control, system and uncertainty over
i the programme's long-term future tn-
j sured that Gripen stayed in the pubHc-
j ity spotlight.
i International interest in what is pri
marily a domestic programme has been
cosisiderable. Sweden has a long tra.dl-
lion of building state-of-the-art ...
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 ...he first of the fourth-generation combat
aircraft is in service. The Gripen is out in
front.
Gripen has the attributes that inspire a
pilot's confidence, whether he is training
for war or fighting for peace.
• Multi-role flexibility for high- or
low-density comba...
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 ...he intelligent solution
Gripen is the only multi-role fighter in service today with ease of
maintenance and low operational costs designed in.
Rapidly deployable, with only a minimal support infrastructure required,
the N...
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 ...ompany has developed a joint ser
vices operational-level software tool and a
net defence simulator.
One of Saab's roles will be to produce
network adapted products, including the
Swarms of JAS39 Gripen, UAVs and future C2, says
UCAVs will Ohlander, adding: "Future Gripen, with its
require new capabilities, will be completely net-
airborne work centric warfare-adapted." The two-
battle man- ...
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 ...nd conclude in late 2009, with single-seat
aircraft to be handed over from 2009-2011.
Although South Africa was the first
export customer to select the Gripen, it
will tail the Czech Republic and Hungary
in fielding the fighter. The Gripen will for
mally enter South African service in 2008,
with the air force's last Cheetah interceptor
and groun...
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 ...upported by SAAB and BAE SYSTEMS, Gripen can offer viable business
opportunities and innovative financing tailor made for your nation.
The outstanding maneuverability, simplicity and sophistication of Gripen
can be experienced at t...
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 ...en funds JAS39 demonstrator...
ANDRZEJ JEZIORSKI/TROLLHATTAN
THE SWEDISH Defence Materiel Administration
(FMV) is to fund a flying technolo
gy demonstrator for future up
grades of the Saab JAS39 Gripen.
Mats Hugosson, head of market
ing at Gripen engine manufacturer
Volvo Aero, says that the demon
strator will be flying in three to five
years, and is "...aimed at proving
technology whic...
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 ...y to
be a rush to buy US fighters, as the lead
ing nations in the region, Argentina,
Brazil and Chile, are not looking to make
new combat-aircraft acquisitions before
of an export variant of the Gripen in August.
The two companies formed a joint venture in
June 1995 to "market, adapt, produce and sup
port" export variants of the aircraft. As a first
step, a NATO-compatible version of the ...
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 ...he first JAS39 Gripen prototype flew in December
Second Gripen
batch likely
Sweden is likely to purchase a
second batch of JAS39 Gripen
fighters, but where the funding
will come from is unclear.
Industry Grou...
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 ...ll fly again this year Gripen w
The second Saab Gripen proto
type is scheduled to fly before
the end of the year. The crash of
the first prototype on February
2 is likely to delay the delivery
of production aircraft t...
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 ...ORLD NEWS
Gripen unveiled despite delays
LINKOPING
Saab chose to unveil the
JAS39 Gripen multirole
fighter on the company's 50th
anniversary, but admitted
that the first prototype would
not fly until lat...
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 ...EFENCE
Sweden
prepares
for Gripen
HUGSHULT AB __
Sweden is extending its road-
basing system to meet the
threat from improved surveil
lance and wide-area muni
tions.
The rebuilding of 33 air
bases to the new BAS 90
conc...
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Su-7B Turkmenistan
Central Asia
1 Su-7 Fitter
Sukhoi Su-17/20/22 Fitter
Su-22 Vietnam
Australasia, North & East Asia
AF
Total
Total
AF
Total
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3
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35
35
SAAB/BAE SYSTEMS
JAS39 Gripen
Gripen
Gripen
NATO
JAS39 Gripen
Non-NATO Europe
Gripen
Sub-Saharan Africa
JAS39/Gripen
Czech AF 14*
Hungary AF 14*
Total 28*
Sweden AF 203
Total 203
South Africa AF 29*+
+plus 19...
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