After nearly 30 years in service, the Swedish-made JAS 39 Gripen fighter saw its first combat use by Thailand, in a border ...

SINGAPORE—The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has deployed two Saab JAS 39C/D Gripens alongside a pair of Lockheed Martin ...

First flight success for Gripen E On Thursday June 15, at 10:32LT, the Gripen E aircraft (designation 39-8) took off on its maiden flight from Saab’s airfield in Linköping, Sweden. Flown by a ...

COLOGNE, Germany — The Gripen fighter just can’t seem to land in Switzerland, as its manufacturer Saab has dropped out of the race to supply the country with a new fleet of combat aircraft ...

WASHINGTON — Saab's next generation Gripen made its first flight on Thursday, marking a huge milestone for the aircraft on its way toward the 2019 delivery of the first jet.

More specifically, Saab will have to bring the Gripen to C/D spec and make sure it can stay operational and up to date to about 2035. The exact details of this configuration were not announced.

As part of the same effort, Saab announced this week it is working on a new launch system for the plane’s air-to-air missiles and countermeasure pods, as a result of a SEK 400 million ($40.6 ...