Saab says building Gripen fighters and GlobalEye surveillance aircraft in Canada could support over 12,000 aerospace jobs.
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Cancel the F-35? JAS 39 Gripen fighter would cripple Canada’s air force

Ottawa is again flirting with the idea of cutting its F-35 order and buying Saab Gripens, reviving Canada’s worst habit: treating defense as a political toy. -The RCAF needs 88 F-35s to plug into ...
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Scrapping F-35 for Gripen could hobble Canada’s air force

Canada’s fighter replacement saga is no longer a theoretical procurement exercise, it is a live test of whether the country intends to field a front-line air force that can survive and win in modern ...
Swedish airframer Saab is working to develop a solution for production of the company’s latest Gripen E/F fighter in Canada. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, Saab chief executive Micael ...
The year 2026 promises to be a time of decisions, as the Swedish air force strives to keep its options open when it comes to ...
Saab Gets More Swedish Gripen Upgrade Funding is published in Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, an Aviation Week Intelligence ...
Nov 13 (Reuters) - Swedish defense company Saab (SAABb.ST), opens new tab is in talks with the Canadian government and Bombardier (BBDb.TO), opens new tab to build its Gripen fighter jet under license ...
Today's top fighter jets need a combination of agility, versatility, and the best of modern equipment in order to perform at peak levels. Gripen jets, which are manufactured in Sweden by the company ...
Former Canadian military officers have urged their country's government not to switch from the U.S. to Sweden to beef up its fleet of advanced aircraft, it has been reported. Canadian media reported ...
Signed by the commander of the RTAF, Air Chief Marshal Punpakdee Pattanakul, and the chief of the Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV), Mikael Granholm, in the presence of Thai foreign ...
Sweden’s Defense Ministry ordered 60 Gripen E fighters to supplement its existing C and D variants in 2013, but received the first batch in the order only this week. NATO member Sweden took delivery ...
A Canadian shift to European jets like the Eurofighter or Gripen could amplify transatlantic defense market rivalries, encouraging other NATO allies to diversify away from American platforms as well.