Strong interest in Gripen on the market

This week, as Saab takes part in the Farnborough International Air Show, the world market’s interest in the Gripen fighter is greater than ever.

Image: Bob Kemp, Marketing Director for Gripen International. Photo Peter Liander.

7/16/2008 | At present, there are binding Gripen tenders for Denmark, Norway, India, Romania and Switzerland. In addition, Saab has responded to, or is working on responses to requests for information of differing degrees from Bulgaria, Croatia, Brazil and the Netherlands.
“Saab is also of course marketing Gripen in several other countries,” concluded Bob Kemp, Marketing Director for Gripen International, in his press briefing today.

Gripen have six customers at present. In addition to Sweden, the NATO member countries of Hungary and the Czech Republic both operate the aircraft, and the UK ETPS (Empire Test Pilots’ School) uses Gripen as its training platform. In February, Thailand placed an order for Gripen and deliveries to South Africa have been underway since April this year.

"Saab’s business objective to sell at least 200 Gripen aircraft on the world market remains," Saab CEO Åke Svensson repeated in a press briefing earlier during the Farnborough week.