seems like a bit of a F up on the part of the swedish govt. saab seemed like it could have carved out a useful niche in fcas subsystems like ecw, that it failed here must surely reflect on swedish govt commitment to the programme in terms of money, orders, and common requirements. might they crash ...

Looks like Sweden is a bit pissed. Guessing they are out. Saab's setback - misses out on the giant project with Great Britain Saab is outmaneuvered from the joint development of a new future combat aircraft that the Swedish government agreed with Great Britain in 2019. It would have secured the next...

bMNSB.jpg This is Saabs concept for a single engined "smaller" fighter jet. One have to keep that in mind when discussing "splitting" Tempest in a bigger version and a smaller single engined version. 170 kN engine, MTOW 23500 kg etc, there really isn't anything small and less ex...

Putting next generation jets to one side it will be interesting to see to what extent Swedish defence pivots towards the EU or towards NATO/US/UK. Of course Sweden is also a member of the 9 nation JEF. That's a question that does not really have to be asked, the answer is rock solid for the last op...

The Swedish government on Tuesday revealed its plans to improve its military capabilities including development of a new fighter jet to replace the JAS 39 Grippen. “The development of the next generation fighter aircraft will commence,” Swedish Carl Anders Peter Hultqvist said in a statement June 1...