Aircraft
Brazil Begins Manufacturing of Saab Gripen Fighter
Saab’s Brazilian subsidiary will supply airframe components to both Swedish and Brazilian assembly lines.
The first of 28 F-39Es for Brazil is seen on its first flight in 2019. Having been employed on trials work in Sweden, the aircraft is shortly to be transferred to the flight test center in Brazil. (Photo: Saab)
The first of 28 F-39Es for Brazil is seen on its first flight in 2019. Having been employed on trials work in Sweden, the aircraft is shortly to be transferred to the flight test center in Brazil. (Photo: Saab)

Saab Aeronáutica Montagens (SAM) has begun the production of sections for the Gripen E/F fighter at its facility at São Bernardo do Campo, in the southern suburbs of São Paulo in Brazil. Initially, the aerostructures plant is producing tail cones and front fuselages for the single-seat Gripen E, which will be dispatched to both the Swedish assembly line in Linköping and the Brazilian line. The latter is located at the Embraer plant at Gavião Peixoto to the northwest of São Paulo.