F-35 to get new radar, the AN/APG-85, in massive upgrade initiative

[Get Ya Wig Split]

Is that why it takes half a year to release a new software version on the F-35 and you can release a new software version several times per day on the Gripen?
BTW, due to quality problems with F-35 software, the program office wants to change that to one new release per year.

Meteor is flying on Gripen C since several years. When will F-35 be equipped with Meteor?

F-35 power electronics is based on GaAs. nuff said…

Gripen was using cooperative networking 25 years ago. The US is experimenting with it now.

Gripens autocannon is working. The autocannon is connected to the radar and when asked, the flight control software will steer the aircraft into a valid firing solution and kill the aircraft ahead.

Gripen will not be put out of action by destroying a single base.

Gripen has killed F-15, F-16, F/A-18, F-22 and Eurofighters on exercises.
AFAIK, no exercises vs Rafale.
The F-22 was a problem during the first Red Flag. Then SAAB redesigned the radar with improved stealth detection features and managed a kill.
It has never met F-35 so this remains to be seen.

Since Gripen and F-35s are unlikely to meet in real combat, we will never have a real result.

If You meet 8 x Su-35, would you prefer
2 x F-35s with AMRAAMs
1 x F-35 and 2 x Gripen E/Meteor the latter flying with Radar Off being fed data by the network?

• Saab's JAS 39 Gripen is considered to be a highly capable 4.5-generation fighter jet.
• Despite its high regard, the Gripen has often lost out on sales to US jets like the fifth-gen F-35.

Sweden's Saab built one of the world's best non-stealth fighters, but its CEO says that's not enough to outsell US jets

Saab's CEO says that when competing against US-made military hardware, the Swedish company doesn't have "a completely level playing field."

www.businessinsider.com

Gripen ain't even 5th generation fck outta here lol. You're just delusional.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

• Saab's JAS 39 Gripen is considered to be a highly capable 4.5-generation fighter jet.
• Despite its high regard, the Gripen has often lost out on sales to US jets like the fifth-gen F-35.

Sweden's Saab built one of the world's best non-stealth fighters, but its CEO says that's not enough to outsell US jets

Saab's CEO says that when competing against US-made military hardware, the Swedish company doesn't have "a completely level playing field."

www.businessinsider.com

Gripen ain't even 5th generation fck outta here lol. You're just delusional.

That does not mean that it does not have multiple important features which are superior to those of the F-35, and are only becoming available with US 6th generation fighters for the USAF.

 

[Get Ya Wig Split]

That does not mean that it does not have multiple important features which are superior to those of the F-35, and are only becoming available with US 6th generation fighters for the USAF.

You're so delusional lol Gripen is a joke.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

You're so delusional lol Gripen is a joke.

That was the opinion of the RAF until they found out it was not so easy.
If Gripen is a joke, then the F-16 is a joke as well.

 

[Broccoli]

The Gripen is more advanced in several aspects than the F-35.
Example is better missiles, use of GaN and a modern software architecture.
That is how things work. It is also vulnerable to a strike on its base. Norway and Denmark will have a single base for their F-35. They cannot easily disperse their aircraft, so you can destroy their air forces with two missiles.
Obviously, the US will improve the F-35 over time and/or introduce things in the 6th generation fighters.

I never understood claim that F-35 cannot be used from dispersed airbases. Finnish air force did prove that F-35 can be used from make shift airbases and use highways as runways. Just as well as out Hornets have done

This claim that Gripen has some special capability simply isn't true.

 

[Paul2]

F-35 power electronics is based on GaAs. nuff said…

GaAs vs. GaN. I GaAs still has superior electron mobility than GaN, but GaN switches can be made just that much more powerful. The nest technology for microwave range switching is GaN on SiC, where an epitaxial layer of GaN is grown on top of SiC with its very good thermal conductivity.

Higher frequency, stationary radars may well stay with GaAs, if just technology performance is concerned, but you also need to take economics into consideration. There are much more GaN chips factories now, because consumer electronics is adopting it en masse, and GaAs will likely forever remain a military only semiconductor material.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

I never understood claim that F-35 cannot be used from dispersed airbases. Finnish air force did prove that F-35 can be used from make shift airbases and use highways as runways. Just as well as out Hornets have done

This claim that Gripen has some special capability simply isn't true.

It is not a true/false thing.

The F-35 needs almost 2,500 meter runways, and the Gripen need 800 meters.
That makes it difficult to find suitable second level bases.

How fast is the turnaround time between missions?
How much crew is needed to turnaround the aircraft?
How long from takeoff order until wheels are off the ground?
What kind of repairs can be done on a dispersed base?
What kind of equipment is needed?
Will operating from disperse bases allow stealth to be maintained?

Gripen was designed with this in mind and the F-35 was not.

The USAF is still trying to figure out how to do it.

How Many Airmen Does It Take To Run An F-35 Gas Station?

The 388th Fighter Wing proved that just 12 Airmen can operate an F-35 refueling and rearming station, also called a contingency location.

www.airandspaceforces.com

That the F-35 can land on a ”dispersed” runway that is 2,500 meters long and take off again is not in doubt.

 

[nahtanbob]

It is not a true/false thing.

The F-35 needs almost 2,500 meter runways, and the Gripen need 800 meters.
That makes it difficult to find suitable seconf level bases.
How fast is the turnaround time between missions?
How much crew is needed to turnaround the aircraft?
How long from takeoff order until wherls are off the ground?
What kind of repairs can be done on a dispersed base?
What kind of equipment is needed?

Gripen was designed with this in mind and the F-35 was not.

The USAF is still trying to figure out how to do it.

How Many Airmen Does It Take To Run An F-35 Gas Station?

The 388th Fighter Wing proved that just 12 Airmen can operate an F-35 refueling and rearming station, also called a contingency location.

www.airandspaceforces.com

Why hasn't the Gripen won more customers ? I realize one answer is reliance on US made engines.

 

[A.P. Richelieu]

GaAs vs. GaN. I GaAs still has superior electron mobility than GaN, but GaN switches can be made just that much more powerful. The nest technology for microwave range switching is GaN on SiC, where an epitaxial layer of GaN is grown on top of SiC with its very good thermal conductivity.

Higher frequency, stationary radars may well stay with GaAs, if just technology performance is concerned, but you also need to take economics into consideration. There are much more GaN chips factories now, because consumer electronics is adopting it en masse, and GaAs will likely forever remain a military only semiconductor material.

The question is which aircraft is more advanced and GaN is 6th generation stuff and present on the Gripen, but not on the F-35. GaAs is 4th generation.