Gripen E/F Fighter Takes A Step Forward
Formerly the Gripen Demo, aircraft 39-7 is the avionics testbed for the Gripen E/F.
Formerly the Gripen Demo, aircraft 39-7 is the avionics testbed for the Gripen E/F.

Saab has brought its new-generation Gripen to the Farnborough International Airshow not as a demonstrator aircraft for potential new technologies, as previously, but as a systems prototype for the intended production Gripen NG, or Gripen E/F as it is also known. Designated as aircraft 39-7, the two-seat Gripen has new avionics and new cockpit installed, and just before Farnborough received the full-standard Selex Galileo ES-05 Raven e-scan radar, complete with repositioner. In this guise, 39-7 has become the avionics testbed for the Gripen E/F.

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