Gripen Development Progresses
Away from the turmoil of the marketplace, the Gripen team has continued to develop the aircraft and enhance its weapon capabilities.

Away from the turmoil of the marketplace, the Gripen team has continued to develop the aircraft and enhance its weapon capabilities. On Dec. 13, 2005, a Gripen took off from Linköping with a fully representative systems-fit Meteor missile, the first such flight for this important European weapon. The Gripen is the lead platform for the MBDA-led ramjet-powered long-range air-to-air missile program, and the first captive-carry flights will lead to a firing campaign to be conducted at the Vidsel range in northern Sweden this year.