For Saab, the challenge of the Gripen E/ F was high: in a hunter cell.
Gripen is now being used by the air forces of Hungary,
Thailand, South Africa, Brazil and the Czech Republic.
India has launched an effort to expand its combat aircraft fleet and the competition has reportedly narrowed down to
Lockheed's F-16 and Saab's Gripen.
Fighters JAS 39 Gripen(the same ones that are ready to fly to Libya),
CV90 infantry fighting vehicles and artillery radar ARTHUR have earned particular fame.
Swedish defence major
SAAB to tie-up with Adani Group to manufacture the Gripen E fighter jets in India under the Defence
Ministry's $10 billion single-engine fighter jet procurement programme.
To make up for the shortfall, the IAF has been interested in a single-engine foreign fighter,
wherein it hopes to select between the American F-18 and the Swedish Gripen aircraft.
Last February, we devoted an important dossier to the Gripen E/ F,
the last variant of the JAS-39 Gripen developed by the Swedish Saab at the very end of the Cold War.