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Brazil sets deadline on fighter jet deal
Brasilia: Brazil has set a deadline for French manufacturer Dassault to finalize its bid for a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet contract, also increasing pressure on competing offers by Swedish and US firms. Dassault has until September 21 to “formalize before the Brazilian Air Force a commercial proposition for the Rafale fighter jet consistent with the parameters [...]
Saab still taking part in Brazil’s FX-2 Program
The [FX-2] tender process for Brazil has been going on since June 2008. The Brazilian Air Force has now clarified that the process will continue according to plan. “Saab welcomes the opportunity to propose the Gripen fighter in a transparent tender,” says Saab CEO Åke Svensson. Gripen is a very competitive fighter aircraft on the [...]
Brazil’s plan to buy French rafale fighter jets hits turbulence
Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s stated plans to award a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet contract to France ran into turbulence on Wednesday amid pressure from rival bidders and Brazil’s air force. The selection process “has not yet finished,” Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said in a statement late Tuesday. Brazil “will continue [...]
Lobbying steps up ahead of Brazil jet fighter decision
Sao Paulo: French, Swedish and US defense companies pursuing a four-billion-dollar deal to replace Brazil’s aging fleet of fighter jets are stepping up lobbying efforts ahead of a decision expected within the next couple of months. The intensification of the campaigns comes after Brazil’s likely announcement was pushed back from September to October at the [...]
Brazil weighs French, US, Swedish fighter jet contract bids
Sao Paulo: The United States, France and Sweden are on the threshold of finding out which will be chosen to supply Brazil with modern fighter jets in a much-anticipated deal worth billions. Brasilia is expected to announce in September which shortlisted company — Boeing of the United States, Dassault of France, or Saab of Sweden [...]
Gripen At the Biggest Air Show In the World
Gripen aircraft from the Swedish and Hungarian air forces will participate in the multinational Royal International Air Tattoo in the UK. The organizer Royal Air Force Charity Trust expects 170,000 visitors during the weekend, which make this event at the Fairford air base the largest military air show in the world. More than 300 aircraft [...]
Israel drops Indian jets venture under US pressure: report
Jerusalem: Israel has dropped out of a multi-billion dollar joint venture with a Swedish firm to develop new fighter jets for India because of US pressure, a newspaper reported on Monday. Israel Aerospace Industries was planning to develop a new model of the Swedish-made Gripen fighter jet with its manufacturer, Saab, to compete in a [...]
First Flight for South African Gripen C
The first single-seat Gripen C destined for the South African Air Force flew for the first time on Thursday 11th June. The aircraft, number 39.2101, was flown by Saab test pilot Richard Ljungberg. It took off from Saab’s facility at Linköping in Sweden at 13.00 and touched down safely back at Linköping at 14.03 in [...]
Czech Air Force Gripen Policing the Baltic Airspace
The Czech Air Force is now responsible for protecting the airspace of the Baltic countries. Czech Gripens are therefore policing the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The NATO members Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia do not have their own supersonic fighters so Czech Gripen fighters will protect their airspace from the beginning of May until [...]
