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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 ...
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)
A Saab JAS 39 Gripen, 39–102, crashed on the central Stockholm island of Långholmen, near the Västerbron bridge, during a slow speed manoeuver during a display over the Stockholm Water Festival. Lars Rådeström, the same pilot as in the 1989 incident, ejected safely. Despite large crowds of onlookers, only one person on the ground was injured.
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 ...
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.
The General Electric F414G in the JAS 39 Gripen NG is designed for supercruise and has achieved Mach 1.2, [22] or Mach 1.1 with an air to air missile load. [23] The two Snecma M88s that power the Dassault Rafale enable the Rafale to supercruise with four missiles and a belly drop tank. [15]
A Gripen aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow in 2006. The JAS 39 Gripen is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. Eight Gripens were destroyed in crashes, two of them before the delivery to the Swedish Air Force. These aircraft included one prototype, one production aircraft and three in service with the Swedish ...