Aircraft
Saab Pushes For Year-end First Flight of Latest Gripen
Sweden is eager for enhanced fighter capability at a time of increased tension in the Baltic region.
The latest MS20 software load allows the Gripen C/D to carry the Meteor long-range air-to-air missile and the Small Diameter Bomb.
The latest MS20 software load allows the Gripen C/D to carry the Meteor long-range air-to-air missile and the Small Diameter Bomb.

Around the end of the year Saab expects to fly the new Gripen E for the first time. The latest generation of the Swedish warplane represents a major enhancement in capabilities and a thorough overhaul of every element of the basic design. Following on from the Gripen Demo technology demonstrator that has been testing various elements of the new fighter for some time, the first new-build Gripen E was rolled out at Linköping on May 18 and is now in the hands of the flight test team preparing for its first flight.


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