Whatever your past the future is Gripen - Saab

the future is gripen
Benefi tting from the use of the latest technologies, systems, aerodynamics
and modular avionics architecture, gripen has been designed with the aim
of making future enhancements straightforward and affordable. By virtue of
the programmes already put in place by the swedish customer, the gripen
system is the subject of on-going improvement processes geared to deliver
capability, functionality and performance enhancements above and beyond
the original specifi cation. As well as operational capability, many of these are
aimed at further improvements to supportability.
secure lonG-term
enhancement
Recognizing that every customer has unique
requirements that evolve and change during
the in-service life of the weapons systems,
Saab has launched the Gripen Demonstrator
programme. Aimed at demonstrating future
technologies and capabilities, this programme
will complement and further enhance Gripen’s
on-going technology insertion programme
thereby ensuring it remains at the cuttingedge
of fighter aircraft performance and
capability well beyond 2040.
It is for this reason that no customers
will be locked into any specific aircraft
configuration. This choice and flexibility
is absolutely critical to the success of
Gripen, as export customers will account
for a significant percentage of the fighter’s
total sales.
This facility is not available when a
manufacturer depends on a domestic
market for the bulk of aircraft sales, or
in the case of complex multi-national
manufacturing programmes.
When it comes to Gripen, export
customers can expect a higher level of
customization at the time of initial sale and
greater influence over, and participation
in, the future enhancement programmes
than any competitor can hope to offer.
For example, a Letter Of Agreement has
been signed by Norway and Saab regarding
co-operation in development work on the
future versions of Gripen.
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