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Sea Gripen's Phase One Design Work Completed
August 16 Sea Gripen's Phase One Design Work Completed
IHS Jane’s reports that Saab has completed feasibility and phase one design work on an aircraft carrier-capable version of its Gripen NG multirole fighter aircraft.
Tony Ogilvy, Saab’s Aeronautics UK General Manager and Head of the Sea Gripen Design Centre, told IHS Jane’s that after years of preliminary design and pre-feasibility work, plans for a carrier based version of the platform would be brought to fruition by a team of Swedish and UK engineers by the end of August.
“Our job was to take the design to a point where we could say ‘yes, Saab can build a marine variant’, and we have achieved that “ he said.
The Gripen needed a number of changes to make it carrier compatible, according to Saab.
These included strengthened landing gear, an arrestor hook, an attachment mechanism for the aircraft to the catapult launch shuttle, as well as making sure the aircraft is marinised to prevent salt water erosion.
According to Saab, the Sea Gripen will be configured to operate from both CATOBAR (catapult-assisted take-off but arrested recovery) and STOBAR (short take-off, but arrested recovery) ships.
In a CATOBAR launch, Gripen will be capable of getting airborne at its maximum take off weight.
In both CATOBAR and STOBAR recovery into the arrestor wires, Sea Gripen will have a very respectable fuel and unexpended weapons load capability.
Potential customers include India and Brazil. Saab responded to a request for information from India in 2009, and remain engaged with the Indian Navy staff in Delhi and Goa.
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