Supported by Sweden, Saab partnered with Brazillian Embraer and manufactured Gripen E fighters in Brazil for the Brazilian Air Force. The Saab Group will produce up to 72 Gripen E/F for Brazil. The current contract […]
Saab’s first aerostructures plant outside of Sweden for the new Gripen E/F fighter, in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, reaches another important milestone with the start of production. Saab Group announced on July 7 that […]
You need to be logged in to view this content. Please Log In. Not a Member? Join Us
COLOGNE (GDC) — German shipbuilder ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems will buy the Oceana shipyard in the southern Brazilian state of Santa Catarina to manufacture Tamandaré-class frigates for Brazil’s Navy, the company announced this week. The German […]
In a statement released by Saab states that it has cut metal on the first two-seat Gripen F for the Brazilian air force. The first part cut for the aircraft will form part of the […]
Swedish defense giant Saab Group has announced partners who will participate in its Gripen E campaign for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) requirement for 88 new fighters to replace legacy CF-18 Hornet aircraft. Read […]
Sweden’s air force says its Gripen E fighter jets are designed to kill Russia’s fearsome Sukhoi fighter jets, and that they have a “black belt” in that type of combat. […]
The first series production Gripen E for Sweden has made its initial flight, piloted by test pilot Henrik Wänseth, Saab announced on 3 December 2019. Serialed 6002, the aircraft displayed a new three-tone gray splinter camouflage […]
Saab carried out the first flight tests with its new advanced Electronic Attack Jammer Pod (EAJP) with successful results on 4 November 2019. The pod’s interfaces with the aircraft’s hardware and software as well as […]
Indian Air Force sought 114 new medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA), the defence manufacturing companies are leaving no stoned unturned to win US $18 billion dollar project. In the latest development, Swedish defence giant SAAB […]
Copyright © Global Defense Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.