Aircraft
Brazil Confirms Gripen Fighter Contract
Saab will begin delivering 36 Gripen NG fighters to Brazil in 2019.
An artists’ impression of the Gripen NG in Brazilian air force markings. (Photo: Saab)
An artists’ impression of the Gripen NG in Brazilian air force markings. (Photo: Saab)

Brazil has signed contracts with Saab for the supply of 36 Gripen NG (New Generation) fighters, and for industrial cooperation, following its choice of the Swedish fighter last December. The deals are worth just over $5.4 billion, which is nearly $1 billion more than announced last December. Eight of the aircraft will be two-seaters. Deliveries will be made over a six-year period starting in 2019.