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Country Of Origin: Sweden
Type: Lightweight Multirole Fighter
Powerplant: One 54.0 kN (12,140lb) dry and 80.5kN (18,100lb) with afterburning Volvo Aero Volvo Aero Corporation RM12 turbofan (a licence built General Electric F404-GE-400 [as on F/A-18])
Performance: Supersonic at all altitudes. Takeoff and landing strip length approx 800m (2625ft). Range not yet published (if u have the range 4 this plane then Mail Me
Weights: Operating Empty 6622kg (14,600lb), max takeoff approx 13,000kg (28,660lb)
Armament: One 27mm Mauser BK27 cannon. Wingtip stations for Rb 74 (Aim-9)AAM's. One centerline and four underwing hardpoints for rockets, DWS 39 cluster bomb dispensers, Rb 75 (AGM-65) ASM's RBS 15 anti ship missiles, bombs, AIM-120 or Matra Mica AAM's
Operators: Sweden (currently taking dileveries)
SAAB's sixth jet fighter the Gripen (Griffin) is proably the most advanced and capable single seat fighter currently in service. The Gripen is designed to replace Royal Swedish Air Force's Viggens and remaining Drakens.Th first prototype first flew on December 9 1988 and crashed shortly after due to problems with the fly-by-wire system. The second prototype flew in May 1990 and deliveries began in June 1993.
The JAS-39 features delta canard configuration an single F404 (to keep the cost down), fly-by-wire, an Ericsson/GMAv PS-05/A pulse doppler radar wih multimode and look down-shoot down capability, a modren cockpit with three multifunction displays a wide angle HUD and HOTAS controls. Thirty percent of the Gripen by weight is carbon composits and the aircraft can be easily maintained in the feild.
SAAB is able to market the Gripen aggressivly tot he export market and has signed an international marketing agreement with British Aerospace. Export Gripens would ne fully NATO interoperable and feature inflight refuelling.
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