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The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (IPA: [ˈɡrǐːpɛn] pronunciation ⓘ; English: Griffin) [Nb 1] [3] is a light single-engine supersonic multirole fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace and defence company Saab AB. The Gripen has a delta wing and canard configuration with relaxed stability design and fly-by-wire flight controls.
Reaktionsmotor 12 (RM12) is a low-bypass afterburning turbofan jet engine developed for the Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter. A version of the General Electric F404, the RM12 was produced by Volvo Aero (now GKN Aerospace Engine Systems). The last of the 254 engines was produced on 24 May 2011, at which time it had reached 160,000 flight hours without ...
Produced for the Saab JAS 39 Gripen Demonstrator. Slightly modified for use in a single engine Gripen, instead of a twin-engine aircraft like the F/A-18. With it, the Gripen Demonstrator reached Mach 1.2 in supercruise (without afterburner). [35] F414BJ Proposed version for the Dassault Falcon SSBJ.
All received MS20 upgrade. 14 planned. One JAS 39 Gripen C (701108) crashed during an air show on 14 January 2017. AEW&C; Saab 340 AEW&C Sweden: AEW&C: B.K1 S100B Argus: 2 2 [1] Aircraft mounted with an Erieye radar. Reconnaissance; Fairchild AU-23 Peacemaker Switzerland: Reconnaissance: B.JT2 AU-23A: 15 15 [1] mounted with EO/IR: Piaggio P.180 ...
BANGKOK (Reuters) -The Thai Air Force said on Tuesday it wanted to acquire Gripen 39 fighter jets built by Sweden's SAAB to replace its ageing jet fighters. The Air Force said it had spent 10 ...
Saab JAS 39 Gripen (multirole fighter: introduced 1996, 306 built as of 2020) Saab 105 (twin engine trainer: manufactured 1963–1972, 192 built) Saab 340 AEW&C (airborne early warning and control aircraft: manufactured 1994–1999, 12 built)
Saab Aeronáutica Montagens is producing empennage, air brakes, the wingbox, the rear fuselage, and the forward fuselage for their mainline product: Saab JAS 39 Gripen. [6] The manufacturer hopes that in the future this assembly line will be used to manufacture these parts for aircraft that may be sold to other countries. [7] [8]
The Saab JAS 39 Gripen's RM12 engine is a derivative of the General Electric F404. Svenska Flygmotor also designed the B42, a horizontally-opposed four-cylinder engine, intended for the SAAB Safir. However, SAAB decided to use engines from de Havilland and Lycoming instead. In the end the B42 came to power the Infanterikanonvagn 103 assault gun.