Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Saab Details Plans For Future Fighter Tech Demonstrators
At air force show, the company displayed mock-up of autonomous collaborative platform
Saab's A1 technology demonstrator
A Saab rendering depicts the layout of the A1 technology demonstrator. © Saab/David Donald

Swedish defense group Saab has provided the first details of the future fighter technology demonstrators it is building. Results from trials conducted with them will support the Swedish government in its upcoming decision on what the nation’s airpower will look like beyond the Gripen E that is currently entering service.

The briefing took place on August 21 on the eve of the Swedish air force’s 100th anniversary airshow at Malmen air base near Linköping. Saab took the opportunity to display a full-scale mock-up of a notional high-end autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) that the company sees as a logical outgrowth of the technology demonstrator program.