Sweden’s Defense Plans Could Strengthen Gripen Export Opportunities

Tony Osborne May 31, 2019
Credit: Stefan Kalm/Saab
In the face of threats from the East, Sweden is considering an expanded fighter fleet that could prove beneficial to the locally developed Gripen family of fighters. Plans now call for the air force to replace its existing fleet of 95 JAS 39C/D Gripens with 60 new-model Gripen Es, the first of which...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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