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Gripen presents naval variant to navy
Gripen has made presentations of its Sea Gripen fighter aircraft to the Indian Navy last week. »
Saab offers naval Gripen to India
The company is pitching a little-known naval variant of its Gripen NG fighter, called the Sea Gripen, which is intended to be capable of both CATOBAR as well as STOBAR carrier operations. »
US OK with systems for Gripen?
The US has agreed to the fitting of Royal Thai Air Force Gripen aircraft with its weapons systems. »
Brazilian U-Turn: Relief and Confusion for Rivals
The news of the reprieve is greeted with honest bewilderment. "We don't know what's happening," said one official from the Swedish vendor, a rival to Dassault's Rafale of France for the Brazilian order. Indications are also being drawn from the absence of the Brazilian Air Force chief at the announcement of the deal. »
Gripen hardsells new AESA radar, low cost for MMRCA
Saab claims this radar to be unique for its 'Swashplate', which allows the face of the radar to be swiveled around allowing for radar coverage up to an angle of a hundred degrees, sideways, also tagging the Gripen with a price that is half of the F-16 and a quarter of the twin-engine contenders... »
Rafale wins Brazilian order
This may be significant for the Indian MMRCA contest as five of the original six contenders for the Brazilian order are also vying for Indian Air Force order. "We came up on top in the technical evaluation," said a source from Dassault, who also indicated the parameters of the two contests to be similar. »
US End Use Monitoring, tech transfer laws to affect third country sales to India
The End Use Monitoring pact between the US and India agreed during the visit of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US laws governing transfer of technology will apply to any military purchase containing US components by India from a third country. »
Lockheed Martin cool about defense budget cuts
Calling the MMRCA important for the company, Orville Prins of Lockheed Martin indicated some of the other contenders in the race to be fighting to survive. »
IAF’s MMRCA trials to begin next week
StratPost has been reliably informed that the trials for the 126 Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) are slated to begin in the last week of July or the first week of August. Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet is to be the first aircraft that will be tried out for the estimated $ 10 billion... »
Gripen takes a hit in MMRCA race after US bullying: Report
The Jerusalem Post has reported that under US pressure the Israeli Defense Ministry has ordered the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to withdraw from a project to jointly develop the Gripen IN with Gripen's parent company Saab. The Gripen IN is the aircraft Saab has been proposing to offer the Indian Air Force. »
Rafale ejection from MMRCA race confirmed
Sources in the Indian Ministry of Defense told StratPost the aircraft was out of the running for failure to meet the General Staff Qualitative Requirements (GSQR) during the technical evaluation. Read the whole story behind the reasons for the disqualification of Dassault's aircraft. »
Graft alleged in South African Gripen deal
The fighter aircraft company has been accused of corruption in pushing forward sales to South Africa with Nobel Laureate Desmond Tutu coming out strongly against the South African arms contract, which also raises common allegations against South African president-in-waiting Jacob Zuma. Other deals with Hungary and the Czech Republic have also been under the... »
Gripen touted as independent of politics
Gripen points out that all other fighters are manufactured by the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council. »
Gripen’s case to be the MMRCA
Gripen’s Eddy de la Motte points out the unique defensive and offensive capabilities of the fighter plane in being able to land on public roads, be serviced and take off again to continue operations, while explaining why he thinks the Gripen is the best aircraft for India’s anticipated 126 MMRCA purchase. »
From the Mig 21 to the Gripen
StratPost spoke exclusively to a man who has extensively flown the mainstay of the Indian Air Force (IAF), the Mig 21, as well as Saab’s Gripen fighter, one of the contenders for the MMRCA deal. Colonel Petr Mikulenka of the Czech Air Force, spoke to StratPost about his experiences with both aircraft. »