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theoderich hat geschrieben: ↑Di 14. Okt 2025, 16:57Saab receives order from FMV for continued future fighter concept studies
Gripen E med beteckning 601 lyfte nyss från Saab i Linköping för leverans till FMV och flygvapnet.
Doppeladler hat geschrieben: ↑Do 3. Apr 2025, 16:59 Kolumbien hat sich laut Präsident Gustavo Petro für den Saab Gripen E/F entschieden. Da möchte man mit Brasilien kooperieren, wo die Maschinen auch vom Band laufen sollen. Stückzahl wurde nicht bestätigt, bisher waren 22 Gripen E und nur 2 Gripen F im Gespräch.
Sweden hastens Gripen deep-strike punch with Taurus missiles
Sweden will soon have the capability to conduct deep strikes far behind enemy lines, as the Gripen will be integrated with the German-made Taurus cruise missile earlier than planned, the Swedish air chief said.
“We have reprioritized and done work to ensure that our industry, FMV, and the Air Force’s work on this overlaps as much as possible, resulting in the original timeline shifting left as I am expecting us to be operational at a date considerably earlier than previously planned,” Maj. Gen. Jonas Wikman, the commander of the Swedish Air Force, told Defense News in an interview.
Given the sensitivity of the project, the official did not disclose the precise date of integration.
“The capability itself is very important because we haven’t had any deep-strike or offensive counter-air capabilities before. We could just put all of our money on defensive abilities, but now that is a huge shift for us,” he said.
He added that the Scandinavian country has received great support from Germany on all aspects of long-range offensive fires.
https://www.defensenews.com/global/euro ... -missiles/Sweden follows a unique approach by foregoing a traditional mid-life update to the Gripen, opting instead to inject new capabilities into the jet on a rolling basis, with larger upgrades slotted roughly every three years.
According to Wikman, this is possible for two main reasons: For one, Saab, as a national manufacturer, has the authority to orchestrate a tight industry ecosystem that allows for rapid technology adaption when operational requirements change.
In addition, Saab recently implemented a major avionics architecture change in the Gripen E fighter that isolates the flight-safety critical software from the one that runs combat missions. The separation makes it easier to install quick upgrades in combat effectiveness, according to company engineers.
https://www.businessinsider.com/saab-gr ... ons-2026-2Swedish defense prime Saab is exploring the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System as a cheaper armament option for its JAS 39 Gripen fighters, firm executives told Business Insider this week.
"The APKWS is in interest because other platforms are now integrating 70mm guided rockets. So we are, of course, eyeing that capability now," Jussi Halmetoja, operations advisor for Saab's air domain, said at the Singapore Airshow.
Halmetoja said the company was looking at ways to integrate the weapons system, which uses a guided version of the Hydra 70mm rocket, onto its older Gripen C and latest Gripen E models.
He made the comments as he and Mikael Franzên, chief marketing officer for the Gripen program, discussed the company's observation from the Ukraine war that it needs more inexpensive weapons to counter uncrewed aerial systems.
"I mean, right now we are using very expensive weapons to kill very cheap drones," Franzén said of traditional Western air combat.
He added that Saab is hoping to potentially equip the Gripen with systems that can fit multiple munitions onto a single hardpoint.
"If you can have four or 10 on each hardpoint, then you can kill a lot more drones," Franzên said.
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