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Also see http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-d ... anish.htmlFour bidders are to contest Denmark's next-generation fighter requirement, after Copenhagen decided to consider alternatives to its planned procurement of up to 48 Lockheed Martin F-35As.
Boeing, the
Eurofighter consortium and
Saab
have been approached to provide information about their respective
F/A-18E/F Super Hornet,
Typhoon and
Gripen E platforms,
as part of a process to be conducted within the framework of the Danish defence agreement for 2013 to 2017.
Saab, which has long pitched its next-generation Gripen as a potential choice for Denmark, points to Sweden's recent commitment to acquire 60 E-model examples, along with a planned Swiss air force order for 22.
In a statement, the manufacturer cites its ability to deliver an aircraft with "operational capabilities that are second to none, and to a cost for operating that appeals to ministers of finance and taxpayers".
Denmark's involvement as a Level 3 partner in the F-35 programme has been set at the potential procurement of up to 48 aircraft in the Joint Strike Fighter's A-model conventional take-off and landing configuration.
Lockheed had previously said that it expects the nation to make a decision on buying the type later this decade.
Denmark has been expected to acquire up to 48 F-35A Joint Strike Fighters
The selected combat aircraft will replace the Royal Danish Air Force's current inventory of Lockheed F-16s.
Its fleet totals 36 AM-variant fighters and 11 two-seat BM-model trainers, which Flightglobal's MiliCAS database records as having been delivered between 1980 and 1989.
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