14th July 2021

… the Eurofighter Typhoon, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and Saab ’s Gripen E fighter. An April 29 release by Finland’s MoD … the operating cost of the aircraft should not exceed 10 % of the annual defence budget, aspects such as … Saudi Arabia (2007), Oman (2012), Kuwait (2015) and Qatar ( 2017 ), although it has notably lost out in key European …

By Khalem Chapman 28th August 2020

… Saab unveiled new electronic warfare (EW) capabilities for … firm officially launched the development of the EAJP in 2017 and began flight testing the system in November 2019. As part of its bid, Saab is also offering two GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft …

By Dave Allport 30th December 2020

… Military Sale (FMS) notifications that were announced in 2020. A cut-off date of November 30 has been incorporated for this list, in line with the press date of our sister print publication,? … fixed-price-incentive contract on August 13 for new production of F-16 Foreign Military Sale (FMS) aircraft. This …

By Khalem Chapman 4th September 2020

… Saab is going all out in its bid to provide the Finnish Air … for the competition and has included two examples of its GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) platform … firm officially launched the development of the EAJP in 2017 and began flight testing the system in November 2019. In …

By Jamie Hunter 25th April 2020

… Saab is accelerating the test programme for its Gripen E … 39-7 Technology Demonstrator Gripen E 39-8 June 15, 2017 Gripen E 39-9 November 1, 2018 Gripen E 39- 10 June 10 , 2019 Gripen E (first aircraft for Brazil) 39-6001 …

By Jon Lake 13th February 2020

… Saab ’s Erieye radar has proved to be an affordable, adaptable … details this system and its latest application in the new GlobalEye . The first flight of the initial GlobalEye was … three further Saab 2000-based Erieye aircraft in May 2017 , and deliveries began in December 2017 . The UAE finally …

By Jon Lake 13th February 2020

… 737 AEW&C, the Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and Saab ’s GlobalEye , based on the Bombardier Global 6000 business jet, … the imposition of punitive tariffs against Bombardier [ in 2017 ]” which had allegedly damaged Bombardier’s manufacturing …

By Alan Warnes 16th January 2020

… Government of National Accord (GNA) based in Tripoli. Saab was among the winners at Dubai, with a surprise … as another contract for F-16 simulator systems. Back in 2017 the UAE announced a US$1.6bn deal for spares and … and commented: “These simple drones costing less than $ 10 ,000 knocked out half the production at one of the world’s …

By Khalem Chapman 19th November 2019

… Emirates (UAE) Air Force announces plans for additional? Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft … the Dubai Airshow 2015, in a contract worth US$1.27bn. In 2017 , the country exercised an option to procure an …

By Bjorn Ruden 19th September 2019

… 25) the core of the Flygvapnet will be the six existing Saab JAS 39C/D squadrons, with two of each assigned to the … readiness states of the current units. The closure of F 10 ‘Skanska’ Flygflottiljen at Angelholm in 2002, and F 16 in … be kept in service. The FMV placed an order with Saab in 2017 to develop an Rb 15F Extended Range (ER) version of this …

18th July 2019

… During a media tour to Saab in late May, CEO Hakan Buskhe admitted that the company … Gripen E programme added a third trials aircraft on June 10 , when 39-9 took to the air. It joins the other two prototypes: 39-8 (first flown June 15, 2017 ) and 39-9 (November 26, 2018) and a test bed, Gripen D …

18th July 2019

… MiG-29s, Su-27s and Su-34s, as well as SA-6, SA-8 and SA- 10 surface-to-air missiles from the Polygon ranges near … type completing eight missions with one or two aircraft. Saab ’s Gripen E was withdrawn from the evaluation on the … on delivery to its new Australian operator on August 3, 2017 . Dave Allport. Turkish F-35A training terminated at Luke …

15th March 2018

… Saab ’s first GlobalEye AEW&C Global 6000 at Linkoping on February 23. Saab … and production contract was awarded at the Dubai Air Show in November 2015 by the United Arab Emirates with an initial … additional order by the UAE for a third was announced in 2017 . … Saab Reveals GlobalEye …

22nd March 2018

… Alan Warnes reports from the roll-out of the Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning aircraft at Linkoping The … at the Dubai Air Show in November 2015. Then in February 2017 at the International Defence Exhibition in Abu Dhabi, …

26th July 2018

… to T3 standard the jets began to be withdrawn from use in 2017 . The first to undergo the process, ZJ815 had been … beat. A new system such as Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail or Saab ’s GlobalEye might make a lot of sense. The initial outlay would …