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GRIPEN AROUND THE WORLD

The Gripen system will be the backbone of the Swedish Air Force for more than the next 30 years and my Government is commited to continued additional development of the system.
Mr. Sten Tolgfors, Minister for Defence

GRIPEN DEVELOPMENT 2010

The main development plan is as earlier outlined.

The MS20 order came as expected Studies for MS21 underway

Swedish government have during 2010 put Gripen related orders on Saab for a value of more than 3 000 MSEK

Continuous support of Gripens operational capacity. Development of avionics system. For upgrade and further development of the reconnaissance system. System maintenance of Gripen. Development of the existing Gripen fleet (MS20).

GRIPEN DEVELOPMENT
Gripen NG Demonstrator

Gripen C/D

Gripen C/D Gripen A/B

1995

2000

2005

2010

2015

TRADITIONAL UPGRADE PHILOSOPHY


Traditional MLU - Mid Life Upgrade el and minor upgrades as provided by lev ility b manufacturer a pa c re d i D es

Evolving Fighter capability

System FOC

acquisition

MLU

time

GRIPEN UPGRADE PHILOSOPHY


Customer adapted upgrades
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2-3 year cycle

System FOC

acquisition

time

GRIPEN NG - FIGURES & FACTS


Length: Wingspan: Max T/O weight: Thrust: Payload: Max fuel: Super Cruise: GLIMIT: 14.1 m 8.6 m 16 500 kg + 22 000 lb 7 200 kg 7 100 kg > M 1.2 -3 G / + 9 G

Max Range: > 2200 Nm Landing Distance: < 500 m Combat TurnAround: < 10 min Engine replacement: < 1 hour Cost per flight hour < $ 4000

REACH

REACH
INCREASE INTERNAL FUEL New and moved main gear Old main gear bay 900 kg extra fuel

NEW 450 Gallons EXTERNAL TANK Optimized for minimized drag Super Sonic drop tanks

450 Gallons external tank

REACH (cont.)

Gripen NG unrefuelled Combat Radius Gripen NG unrefuelled Combat Radius 700 nm (1300 km) + 30 min CAP 700 nm (1300 km) + 30 min CAP 4 x RR 4 x RR 2 x IR 2 x IR Internal + External Fuel Internal + External Fuel

Gripen NG unrefuelled Ferry Range Gripen NG unrefuelled Ferry Range 2200 nm (4000 km) 2200 nm (4000 km) Internal + External Fuel Internal + External Fuel

REACH (cont.)
RETRACTABLE TELESCOPIC PROBE Minimized drag Minimized RCS AIR TO AIR REFUELLING C -130 Hercules KC -135 Airbus 310 MRTT KDC-10 Boeing 707 BUDDY - BUDDY REFUELLING

ACCESS

ACCESS
ADVANCED REAR SEAT Sensor Sharing Electronic Attack Air Battle Management UCAV Lead

SENSOR SHARING

SUPERIOR SELF PROTECTION Missile Approach- / Laser Warning System Towed Decoy Enhanced ESM

Wider bandwidth DRFM

CBRN PROTECTION

AWARENESS

AWARENESS
ES 05 RAVEN q partnership 2nd Generation AESA Swash Plate A-A, A-G and ECM Modes

Gripen RAVEN ES-05 LATEST GENERATION AESA RADAR FOR THE GRIPEN NG

SG.E.10.01

A collaborative venture

Collaboration between SELEX Galileo, Radar & Advanced Targeting, and Saab, EDS and Aeronautics Heads of Agreement signed in March 2009 Business agreement May 2010 Close cooperation built on overall radar experience, AESA experience and Gripen architecture Doing Different things driving efficiency, timescales and costs

SG.E.10.01

ES-05 Raven

The Gripen NG AESA radar - high performance, high availability

High Performance Innovative WFOR solution

Wide field of regard system optimised for multi-role/swing role operations Comprehensive mode suite for both A/A and A/G including interleaved operation

Builds on established technology High availability and reliability Clear route map to future capability
Clear route map to future capability
SG.E.10.01

Builds on established technology from the European leaders in AESA radars

Progress

Raven 1000P (Raven ES-05 prototype) flew on Gripen NG within 12 months from go ahead Preliminary Design Review Complete Indian Air Force & FMV/SwAF Evaluation
SG.E.10.01

ATMOS Collaboration agreement

Raven 1000P Air to Ground SAR Linkping Airport 2 May 2010

SG.E.10.01

RAVEN 1000P AIR TO GROUND SAR Linkping Airport 2 May 2010

Array of Corner Reflectors

AWARENESS
NETCENTRIC World leader in data links Fully integrated

Land Ship Air Space

Revolutionary fighter link Sensor sharing Sensor fusion Understand the battle before take off
Example: SATCOM LINK 16 FIGHTER LINK (TIDLS) DIGITAL CAS LINK (VMF)

FIRE POWER

FLEXIBILITY OF FIRE POWER


IRIS-T (Air-to-Air IR Missile) AIM-9X SIDEWINDER (Air-to-Air IR Missile) R-DARTER (Air-to-Air RR Missile) METEOR (Air-to-Air RR Missile) FUEL DROP TANK BOQ-X300 (ECM Pod)

PYTHON 4/5 (Air-to-Air IR Missile) JDAM/JDAM-ER GBU-31/-32/-38 (Smart Bomb)

A-DARTER (Air-to-Air IR Missile)

AIM-9 SIDEWINDER (Air-to-Air IR Missile)

AIM-132 ASRAAM (Air-to-Air IR Missile)

DERBY (Air-to-Air RR Missile)

AGM-65 Maverick (Air-to-Surface Missile) BRIMSTONE (Air-to-Surface Missile) DJRP (Recce Pod)

SDB GBU39/B (Smart Bomb) AIM-120 AMRAAM (Air-to-Air RR Missile

Paveway III GBU-22/-24 (Smart Bomb)

Paveway II GBU-10/-12/-16 (Smart Bomb) RBS15 (Anti Ship missile) Paveway IV GBU 49(Smart Bomb) LITENING GIII FLIR/LDP Pod

RECCELITE (Recce pod)

AGM-154 JSOW (Stand off weapon)

EHUD/FPR (AACMI Pod) SPICE (Smart Bomb) MRPS (Recce pod) DWS 39 (Stand off weapon) TAURUS KEPT 350 (Stand off weapon)

Mk80 Series (General Purpose Bombs)

SEA GRIPEN

SEA GRIPEN
THE NAVALISED GRIPEN

ROAD BASE EXPERTS


35 Draken 37 Viggen 39 Gripen

Typical runway (45 x 2400m) Gripen needs 9 x 600m Swedish Road base (17 x 800m)

without arrester hook or brake chute

REQUIREMENTS
ROAD BASE LANDING REQ. CARRIER LANDING REQ.

Gripen capabilities
(Today ~125-160 kn)

Low landing speed (<150 Kn) High pitch & roll rate authority High precision glide slope control High precision landing capability High sink rate clearance High ground steering authority High wheel brake capacity Assisted brake system Arrester hook Strengthened airframe

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes

Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes

(Today 15 fts)

(ABS on every wheel) Tilted canards Emergency Tail Hook (NG customer req.) Due to new gear installation

POSSIBILITIES

GRIPEN DEMONSTRATOR PROGRAMME

FLIGHT TESTS
Phase 1

First flight May 27 2008 Phase 1: 79 flights performed Flight envelope

Speed

Mach 1,6+

Super cruise Mach 1,2+ Load factor Max Angle of Attack External stores Max Medium and Heavy

Phase 2
First flight 27 October 2009 73 flights performed (total of >175 flights) Flight tests of the MAW system, AESA radar, Sat. Com. and increased internal fuel successfully completed In country evaluation in India successfully completed

INDIA - IN COUNTRY EVALUATION Ferry flight


Linkping, Sweden

Kechkemet, Hungary

Athens, Greece

Hurgada, Egypt Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Jamnagar, India Musquat, Oman Landing/refueling and overnight stay Landing for refueling

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