The Saab JAS 39 Gripen E Swedish fighter can operate from highways, short runways, and austere bases. Most modern fighters ...

For several decades, the civilians of this planet got to know the name Saab as being that of a Swedish carmaker. Then GM climbed on board in the 1990s, and it needed just two decades to send Saab into ...

On Thursday June 15, at 10:32LT, the Gripen E aircraft (designation 39-8) took off on its maiden flight from Saab’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden. Flown by a Saab test pilot, the aircraft flew over ...

The JAS 39 Gripen is one of the greatest, most underrated warplanes in the world. In November of last year, Reuters reported that the Colombian government was interested in purchasing a fleet of the ...

There are not all that many fighter aircraft currently being made over in Europe, and that means the existing ones, machines like the Eurofighter Typhoon or the Saab JAS 39 Gripen, have to constantly ...

Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: Sweden’s latest military aid package to Ukraine, worth $450 million, sets the stage for a potential future transfer of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets. -Although ...

Saab's next generation fighter jet took another step toward operational status by breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The US$85 million Gripen E aircraft with test pilot Robin Nordlander at ...

Saab had originally projected potential unit sales of between 150 and 200 for the Gripen-E over the next 15 years. This forecast is now regarded as conservative, with the company hoping for unit sales ...

The Aircraft, Designated F-39 By The Brazilian Air Force, Will Be Officially Presented Next Month. The first Gripen-E for the Brazilian Air Force flew for the first time in Brazil on Sept. 24, 2020.

A delegation from the Royal Thai Air Force visited Sweden during the week of May 11-15, 2026, to review progress on Thailand's Gripen E/F fighter acquisition program, including the start of assembly ...