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Sweden to Offer Gripen Jets to Croatia
Eight Gripen aircraft are included in the offer submitted today to the Croatian government by the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM). Through FXM, the Swedish Government has submitted an offer including the sale of eight Gripen C/D aircraft. The offer also includes a support and training package for pilots and technicians, and a [...]
Gripen Flies Into Switzerland
The Gripen E/F test aircraft will make its debut in the Swiss Alps during the Axalp flight demonstration by the Swiss Air Force, 10-11 October. Wednesday morning the aircraft arrived in Switzerland after a non-stop flight from Linköping in Sweden. For the first time, the Gripen E/F test aircraft will be flying over Switzerland. On [...]
Swedish Investments in the Indian Defence Industry
In end August 2012, the Swedish defence and security company Saab Technology signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian private-sector company Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Limited. Saab, with total sales of US $3,582 million in 2011, holds a vital role in Sweden’s defence industry. Partly as a result of changing economic [...]
Brazil to delay jet decision until 2013, no favorite
Brazil will postpone until next year a decision on a multi-billion-dollar contract to buy 36 next-generation fighter and there is currently no favorite, a government source said Friday. “The government budget does not include an outlay for the purchase of the jets, the decision is for 2013″, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, [...]
Sikorsky to Deliver Final UH-60M to Sweden
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., is planning this month to deliver the final two of 15 UH-60M BLACK HAWK helicopters to the U.S. Army for further transfer to the Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV). All 15 aircraft will have been delivered in just 16 months, a record acquisition pace for a squadron-sized [...]
FXM Signs Framework Agreement with Switzerland on Gripen
On Friday 24 August 2012, the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency, FXM, and its Swiss counterpart, armasuisse, signed a framework agreement on Switzerland’s procurement of 22 JAS 39 Gripen aircraft. This framework agreement will now form the basis of political decisions, both in Switzerland and Sweden. “We are pleased to have reached this agreement, [...]
Sweden Confirms Sale of Gripen to Switzerland
The sale of 22 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden to Switzerland was confirmed on Tuesday for a price of more than 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.1 billion). The first delivery will take place in mid-2018, with all 22 planes to be delivered by 2021 at a cost of 3.126 billion Swiss francs. “The negotiations were [...]
Swiss Will Press On With Swedish Fighter Jet Deal
Switzerland is planning to press ahead with its controversial purchase of 22 Swedish JAS Gripen fighter jets, despite a highly critical parliamentary report into the deal released on Tuesday. The parliamentary security commission found that the “choice of jet made by the Federal Council carries the most risks: technically, commercially, financially and in respect of [...]
‘Super-JAS’ Costlier Than Expected: Report
The Swedish Armed Forces will have to cut back on billions of kronor by next year if they want to afford putting the new super jet JAS Gripen into production, according to a report by national broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR). The military in March supported an earlier proposition voted through in the Riksdag that Sweden [...]
