"Cool story bro" may I say.Originally Posted by SAAB
For the Rafale (I can't say for the Typhoons), our planes were able to fly in Libya from day 1 from 2000 km away, providing recce, CAS, Air Interdiction, DEAD, and A2A. Gripen were late (OK it was a political issue) and grounded due to problem with fuel.
Concerning the price, yes probably the Rafale is more expensive due to its dual engine and larger platform design. But it has shown its capabilities, and not on paper ads.
Last edited by Martel; 08-11-2011 at 06:20 AM.
No me gusta..
Saabs marketing in India has been very unfortunate. Some good - some bad. But nothing very relevant to the case.
Brazilian senate hearings on F-X2 this month. Swedish Gripen offer debated yesterday. On ToT, financing etc | http://bit.ly/nUG59
Use GT for more.
After hoping for nearly two days to hear good news it has now sadly been confirmed that 13 many prominent people from the South African aviation scene lost their lives in a 2x Albatross plane crash on Sunday.
More info about the people.
Among them were professional photographer Frans Dely who gave us a broad selection of wonderful Gripen photos that I am sure many here have seen somewhere. Some samples:
All (c) SAAB/GI. Find more in the SAAB Imagebank.
Condolences to SA.
This guy (to the right) is brave.
During a June-exercise his Gripen reportedly lost engine power (waiting to be confirmed if so and as to why) and rather than eject with risks to civilians and major financial loss he used the backup power available (Engine->APU->Batteries) for flight controls to maneuver the plane and land it safely back at Kecskemet air base.
So he received national honors today.
Source
Molnár Tibor completed conversion training to Gripen from L-39 at xmas 2007.
Source:Today, October 14, the Swedish Defence and Security Export Agency (FXM), has invited Croatian media to a press briefing in Zagreb to present the Swedish Gripen offer that has been submitted to the Croatian government. Through FXM, the Swedish Government submitted an offer including the sale of either twelve or eight of the latest version of Gripen C/D. The offer, which was submitted to the Croatian Government in September, also includes a support and training agreement for pilots and technicians.
In order to ensure that the Croatian Air Force remains operative without interruption when its current MiG-21s are decommissioned, Sweden is initially offering a loan of older Gripen-A aircraft until the delivery of the Gripen C/Ds.
Gripen is in operational service with the Swedish, Czech Republic, Hungarian, South African and Royal Thai Air Forces. The UK Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) is also operating Gripen as its advanced fast jet platform for test pilots worldwide.
http://fxm.se/en/pressrum/
Week Before Final Indian Fighter Draw, Gripen Makes 2nd Price Pitch
Some interesting stuff over at Livefist:
First the observation that SAAB keeps advertising in India... Optimism or delusion?
http://livefist.blogspot.com/2011/10...hter-draw.html
Second, in the comments, a nice video comparing the agility of the LCA, the Raptor, the Typhoon and the Gripen (spoiler: the LCA is not in the same division as the latter three...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSkmzjTsl1M
Thirdly and unrelatedly: Is it just me & my browser, or has the last couple of weeks worth of comments just vanished without a trace...?
Just wondering here...what are the instructions to the pilots here, "pull a 360 as tight/fast as you can"?
Also courious what at what airspeed they're doing these manouvres, same speed? How big are the turn-around circles?
I also wonder how much better Gripen would sell if it wasn't produced by tiny Sweden..
GMY
US, Swedish AF Run Squadron Exchange Program
Full story: http://www.military.com/news/article...e-program.htmlROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England -- Swedish Air Force and 48th Fighter Wing airmen participated in a week-long squadron exchange program here, which concluded Nov. 18.
Swedish JAS-39 Gripen pilots went up against F-15C Eagle and F-15E Strike Eagle pilots in simulated combat scenarios to train with and learn from each other.
The 493rd Fighter Squadron "Grim Reapers," operating the F-15Cs, acted as hosts for the Gripen fighters and their crew. The 492nd Fighter Squadron "Madhatters" and 494th Fighter Squadron "Panthers," operating the F-15Es, also participated in the training.
"I thought the training was a huge success, and to work with our sister wing from Sweden was outstanding," said Capt. Mike Culhane, the 493rd FS C-flight commander. "We executed our mission along with the Swedish pilots seamlessly. We were very impressed with the Gripen; it's a very capable aircraft."
LCA hasn't explored its full flight envelope yet, although I have realistic expectations out of it, but this video is not indicative of anything.
Last edited by twinblade; 11-23-2011 at 07:16 AM.
I agree, the video is not very good for a comparison.
Question, anyone heard anything from signatory in a while?
There seems to be a problem here. I couldn't log in, despite using the correct username and password!?! I had to change my password – back to the old one! – so now it works logging in again...
Holistic Approach
Gripen NG is the only modern fighter taking a holistic approach to the utilization of electromagnetic energy in air combat. In Gripen NG we implement the Wide Spectrum Combat, thereby recognizing that information gathering and information sharing are two sides of the same coin.
Future Air Combat
What do we mean by this? Well, let's take an example. In air combat, the basic problem is to find out where the enemy aircraft are. If you don't know this you cannot launch your weapons. The same is true for the enemy, of course. Traditionally, fighter aircraft use their onboard radars for this. But future air combat is most likely to be much more silent than it is today. This means that fighter aircraft approaching each other will try to emit as little electromagnetic energy as possible, not using their radars in active mode.
Silent Gripens
Gripen NG is built for such future silent operations. When Gripen NG approaches an advanced adversary in the air, its powerful AESA radar and EW antennas are silent, listening. These two systems are very well adapted for position determination by only listening to enemy emissions. It is important to notice that in a totally silent scenario, where all aircraft avoid emitting with radar, RCS (Radar Cross Section) is meaningless. It doesn’t matter if you have the best stealth features in the world if all radars in the scenario are turned off. And as soon as an enemy turns his radar on and starts emitting, Gripen NG pilots know where he is.
Read the whole article: http://www.gripenindia.com/2011/11/g...um-combat.html
For the login problem: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ntenance-today
Has someone forgot to tell the Gripen guys about the Rafale/EF downselect? Or whats going on in their minds?
Sig has definitely gone offline... quiet at Twitter as well.
Yeah sig seems gone? Tried to message him here on the boards but no reply...I had the same login problems..
Maybe he got a job at SAAB, when he stopped twittering the saab account on twitter became much more active, but i dont know, I am missing reading this thread though...
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