Bharat Rakshak

^^ The Gripen NG technololgy demonstrator (Gripen Demo) should be evolving nicely, adding more and more of the final Gripen NG configuration as th eproject progresses. It will however never be a true NG as it is based on a modified Gripen C/D airframe. One of the latest "bids" regarding th...

Well... I will not take the bait or will I, since the comment on "others" seems to be aimed at my recent post. Sure I am Gripen biased, its a wonderful product in many respects an some of us Swedes (shocking isnt it) are actually proud of the achievement that is Gripen (we are probably not...

^^ Norway parliment is looking to go over the cost of JSF purchse again since it has become apparent that the cost stated by the Minister of defence at the time of the decison about two years ago, will be doubled. Initially it was stated thar JSF would be 375 million Norwegian Kronor (NOK) per aircr...

To be honest the IACCS and AFNET thing sound more like the sort of communication solution put in place to meet National Security protection needs, i.e. a Civil Defence solution. On the other hand the info given in the links above is very limited so it is hard to actually have an opinion on its capab...

Ideally there should be a strict company code of conduct in place curbing any bribes regardless to what intent the are aimed.
The worrying thing is that if anyone is prepared to pay for such a slight advantage... what will they also be willing to do to "win" the deal.

I think what Doddel is trying to say is that TIDLS allows a group of four Gripen as an example perform by combining active and passive sensors to a level which is much higher than what usually can be expected without AWACS support by sharing data seamlessly. For instance combining the target data ac...

^^ In the early days of Gripen and EF (or what was on the table at that time, ACA, P.106 or other) development it was planned to jointly develop some of the general systems. Due to constant delays of the start date for what eventually became the EF programme, Saab had to move ahead with the Gripen d...

^^^Even with NVG it would be difficult due to limitations in the field of view and stereoskopic performance, i.e. it would be hard to judge speed, distance and position in a good way as well as too easy to loose visual fix on your opponent. Even though the latest gent NVG is a big improvement on wha...

my congratulations to the saab group for no doubt excellent technology. of course with your intention to grow market share in india, it might be worth remembering that supplying weapons systems to hostile actors in the neighbourhood is not good for your longer term business interests Ha, ha, ha. :r...

SAAB wins coastal surveillance system order in India.
http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/ ... -in-India/

The Gripen doesn’t have the disadvantage of poor avionics. In fact quite the opposite. It will have the Skyward-NG IRST being developed by Selex and will be quite a handful in close combat for sure. The ES-05A Raven will likely detect the target at BVR distance. Excellent sensor fusion between the ...

Thailand extends its initial order with another 6 Gripen and one Saab 340 AEW

SAAB recieves order on Gripen for Thailand

A small but steady stream of export orders is better than none i guess...

Now I assume these figures include everything, training of crews, fuel, maintenance, spare parts etc. I'll try to dig out some numbers for Gripen C/D in the Swedish Air Force. Back in 1998 the semi official Gripen comparison numbers from the SwAF was 1/3 of the cost of f18 (not SH) and 1/6 of the c...

Also, I have this speculation that the maximum (if not sustained) g-limit with full load does not have to decrease so much compared to Gripen C, if the added weigth is carried on the wing, since it is the wing itself and not the body that will have to lift that weight. This is not true :) Wherever ...

Also look at platform maturity - the EF, Rafale, the SH have all been flying extensively, hence extensive records are being generated on their mission rates, spares burn, their bugs, their flaws, none of these currently exist for the new build Gripen NG and MiG-35. As for the Gripen NG most of the ...

Saab Sees Great Opportunity In India http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2010/10/31/stories/2010103151130200.htm The Saab CEO told Businessline that the company will look to increase its workforce here along with its Indian partners. It recently signed a letter of intent to set up an R&D centre...

Pull the other one, Griswold - what trend towards single-engine aircraft? And I believe the IAF has concerns about the dust and smog in India, so the twin-engine thing isn't just about performance, but survivability. In many studies for future fighter programmes the question is no longer "Why ...

And by choosing the Gripen that could multiply up to 4 fighters for the price of one roughly... taking into account the high avaliablility of the Gripen system. A minimum of 4 sorties a day per aircraft is the Swedish Airforce normal mode of operation. Actually the experience from international eve...

I would rather have 2 fighters for the price of one. And by choosing the Gripen that could multiply up to 4 fighters for the price of one roughly... taking into account the high avaliablility of the Gripen system. A minimum of 4 sorties a day per aircraft is the Swedish Airforce normal mode of oper...

Saab moves production of Boeing 787 components from the US to India:
http://www.saabgroup.com/en/About-Saab/ ... -in-India/

When looking at the MRCA, we also have to think about the versions IAF will get. IAF will be getting the "fullest" planned configuration of these aircrafts: * Rafale F3 standards * Eurofighter Tranche 3 standards The building nations spent a lot of their resources to induct in F1, F2, Tra...

With the latest inrush of Stealth comments I just want to add one thing. For the older strealth designs such as F117 and B2 they require extensive prepping to meet their full stealth potential. In the case of F117 it takes days to prep the gaps, steps and doors for full stealth and the B2 given its ...

Whether a plane weighs 10,000kg or 25,000kg is basically irrelevant except to the extent it can carry the needed weapons and has room for future upgrades. It is relevant as it has an impact on the costs too. Costs to maintain a twin-engined plane, additional spares, bigger cross section etc. ^^ The...

The Gripen is probably the most vulnerable of all of them because the Swedes don't actually own that much of it except the airframe itself. The engine is US, the radar is Italian, the missile is German, etc. It gives you more points of failure. Even though Saab does not own the IPR to most equipmen...

‘All the Kings Planes…’ Saab’s Jet Fighters in Formation Two are missing in the picture. Saabs first Jet (piston engine to jet conversion) the J21R which also sported an in house designed ejection seat. Gripen isactually the first Jet fighter using a non-Saab seat design (Martin Baker) even though ...

What about the issues with FCS of Gripen ? Two Gripen planes crashed (one during a test flight and another during an aero-show) due to glitches in software. Incidentally same pilot was involved in both crashes. True, sort of... These crashes involved very early releases of the FCS (in pre productio...

The best seems to be EF and Gripen. There was an article sometime back that both EF and SAAB agreed that to re-engine Gripen with EJ-200 was very easy, but they will do it only if there is a demand from any of the interested customers. I had a discussion regarding the EJ-200 compatibility with F404...

Regarding the Brazilian evaluation: If I remember correctly the Brazilian airforce wanted the Gripen C/D also in the two previous attempts to decide on procurement of new fighters.. In one case the minister of defence (who was pro Gripen) had to leave his position under unclear cricumstances and the...

18 Gripens in formation over Stockholm in celebration of the royal wedding today

A Sea Gripen is most likely not something Saab is expecting to start developing in the near future, as far as I am aware there is no immediate businesscase for such a product. Also developing a Gripen NG, let alone verifying and validating new capabilities and ensuring that operating and systems saf...

First of all i'd like to say how much I have enjoyed reading this thread, it is probably one of the most well informed discussions avaliable on the net when it comes to fighter evaluation and procurement in general. In todays local newspaper in Linköping Sweden there was an interview with Mr Pushpin...