Sweden’s SAAB sweetens deal for Gripen jet

[P@nThEr]

In an aggressive push to capture a share in India’s fighter aircraft market, Swedish aerospace major SAAB has offered its latest radar technology as part of the Gripen fighter package along with significant technology transfer in addition to design consultancy for developing the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A which the Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to induct in large numbers.

The move comes even as India is looking to select a single engine fighter aircraft to be built in India in large numbers under the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Explaining the developments in Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, Lars Tossman, vice-president & Head of Communications of SAAB said that they were the first company to develop an AESA radar with Gallium Nitride which, he said, significantly enhances its efficiency and performance over the current AESA radars.

“We will be willing to share this and transfer the technology to India,” he told a group of visiting Indian journalists. India is looking to select a single engine fighter aircraft to be built in large numbers in India with extensive technology transfer for which the SAAB had offered its latest Gripen E fighter. “Our Transfer of Technology [ToT] is more than just transfer of assembly work aiming for an indigenous system of systems integration capability to create indigenous capabilities,” said Mats Palmberg, heading the SAAB Gripen program for India. Mr. Palmberg said that with AESA radar, stealth was not as important as it was earlier.

Strategic partnership
The company officials said that SAAB was looking for a strategic partner for the Gripen program in the long-term and India and Sweden have good relations without political compulsions.

Officials said Gripen was the first fighter to be integrated with the Meteor, Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile. India is procuring the Meteor, considered a game changer with its range of 150 km, as part of the Rafale package concluded with France recently.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., which is manufacturing the LCA, is looking for foreign design assistance on the LCA Mk-1A to make specific improvements sought by the IAF which include an AESA radar, mid-air refuelling and improved electronic warfare suite which need design change in addition to other minor improvements.

The SAAB officials said that both the LCA and the Gripen are of similar class and also share the same General Electric engine citing commonality in maintenance and operation. “We have submitted proposals to India on LCA,” Mr. Tossman said.

In addition the SAAB officials offered help in the development of the next-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) being designed by Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA).



(The writer was in Sweden at the invitation of SAAB)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swedens-saab-sweetens-deal-for-gripen-jet/article9212340.ece

 

[cloud4000]

Why is Gripen even in the picture when India just concluded the Rafale deal?

 

[Ankit Kumar 002]

Just wondering , does SAAB owns the rights ? If not , its just another plain attempt to fool us.

 

[Zain Malik]

lets see what happens......

deal is not going to concluded..

 

[Water Car Engineer]

Why is Gripen even in the picture when India just concluded the Rafale deal?

Because this gov/mod want it to be.

 

[Taygibay]

(The writer was in Sweden at the invitation of SAAB)

And again tried to twist reality with the bit on GaN.
The GaN one is the Giraffe surface based radar
not the Selex Raven ES-5 or Vixen 1000P that you
will find on Gripen as those are GaAs based.

"Also on display was the Selex ES Raven ES-05 GaAs-based AESA radar (Figure 2) used on the Saab Gripen NG."
http://www.rfglobalnet.com/doc/gaas-and-gan-capabilities-on-display-at-farnborough-0001

versus

I have great respect for SAAB's work but their sales arguments are based
on deceiving and at times border on straight out lying.

Good day all, Tay.

 

[sputnik]

In an aggressive push to capture a share in India’s fighter aircraft market, Swedish aerospace major SAAB has offered its latest radar technology as part of the Gripen fighter package along with significant technology transfer in addition to design consultancy for developing the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Mk-1A which the Indian Air Force (IAF) plans to induct in large numbers.

The move comes even as India is looking to select a single engine fighter aircraft to be built in India in large numbers under the ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Explaining the developments in Advanced Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, Lars Tossman, vice-president & Head of Communications of SAAB said that they were the first company to develop an AESA radar with Gallium Nitride which, he said, significantly enhances its efficiency and performance over the current AESA radars.

“We will be willing to share this and transfer the technology to India,” he told a group of visiting Indian journalists. India is looking to select a single engine fighter aircraft to be built in large numbers in India with extensive technology transfer for which the SAAB had offered its latest Gripen E fighter. “Our Transfer of Technology [ToT] is more than just transfer of assembly work aiming for an indigenous system of systems integration capability to create indigenous capabilities,” said Mats Palmberg, heading the SAAB Gripen program for India. Mr. Palmberg said that with AESA radar, stealth was not as important as it was earlier.

Strategic partnership
The company officials said that SAAB was looking for a strategic partner for the Gripen program in the long-term and India and Sweden have good relations without political compulsions.

Officials said Gripen was the first fighter to be integrated with the Meteor, Beyond Visual Range (BVR) missile. India is procuring the Meteor, considered a game changer with its range of 150 km, as part of the Rafale package concluded with France recently.

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., which is manufacturing the LCA, is looking for foreign design assistance on the LCA Mk-1A to make specific improvements sought by the IAF which include an AESA radar, mid-air refuelling and improved electronic warfare suite which need design change in addition to other minor improvements.

The SAAB officials said that both the LCA and the Gripen are of similar class and also share the same General Electric engine citing commonality in maintenance and operation. “We have submitted proposals to India on LCA,” Mr. Tossman said.

In addition the SAAB officials offered help in the development of the next-generation Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) being designed by Aeronautical Design Agency (ADA).



(The writer was in Sweden at the invitation of SAAB)

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swedens-saab-sweetens-deal-for-gripen-jet/article9212340.ece

Dear SAAB, even if u sleep with us, we still don't buy this.
Regards,

 

[dani958]

israel have gan aesa tech no big deal

 

[knight11]

Why is Gripen even in the picture when India just concluded the Rafale deal?

Get ready for the hundereds of the Paid new Articles of such kind, after India issued the RFI for the requirement of the next fighter plane. Its a normal procedure to call for the offers from the various OEMs and that will include the ADA/HAL also for the LCA MK-2 with their proposed product. That does not means that the HAL have to wait to made such proposal only after they completed the product in the similar way the SAAB offer the Grippen NG. And the most important part is that its high chances that the LCA would be selected due to the cost and indegenous product factor.

israel have gan aesa tech no big deal

And what is that. LOL No Israeli firm or the Sweedich refractories produces such electonic TR nodes.

 

[Agent_47]

And what is that. LOL No Israeli firm or the Sweedich refractories produces such electonic TR nodes.

Ground based GaN Elta radars are in production.

 

[knight11]

Ground based GaN Elta radars are in production.

Building a radar that fits inside the nose of the aeroplane is different piece of Cake. Even India/DRDO was able to make the ground based PESA radar.

 

[Agent_47]

Building a radar that fits inside the nose of the aeroplane is different piece of Cake. Even India/DRDO was able to make the ground based PESA radar.

Even Swedish hasn't done that. Give source otherwise.
Gripen will use AESA radar made by Italian company.

 

[knight11]

Even Swedish hasn't done that. Give source otherwise.
Gripen will use AESA radar made by Italian company.

Exactly, the point is these types of paid articles are gonna fill in the comming days after India issued the RFI.

On topic, Gripen don't have the slight chance to enter the IAF, because the proposed LCA MK-2 for the IAF would be equal to the Gripen with less cost. SAAB however should concentrate more on offering the technologies such as sensors, and actuators and conceptual technology to manufacture LCA efficiently and fast.

 

[Agent_47]

Exactly, the point is these types of paid articles are gonna fill in the comming days after India issued the RFI.

On topic, Gripen don't have the slight chance to enter the IAF, because the proposed LCA MK-2 for the IAF would be equal to the Gripen with less cost. SAAB however should concentrate more on offering the technologies such as sensors, and actuators and conceptual technology to manufacture LCA efficiently and fast.

I don't even believe that there is an RFI. All this is based on report by shukla ji. Who is well known for foreign allegiance.

 

[GURU DUTT]

And again tried to twist reality with the bit on GaN.
The GaN one is the Giraffe surface based radar
not the Selex Raven ES-5 or Vixen 1000P that you
will find on Gripen as those are GaAs based.

"Also on display was the Selex ES Raven ES-05 GaAs-based AESA radar (Figure 2) used on the Saab Gripen NG."
http://www.rfglobalnet.com/doc/gaas-and-gan-capabilities-on-display-at-farnborough-0001

versus

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I have great respect for SAAB's work but their sales arguments are based
on deceiving and at times border on straight out lying.

Good day all, Tay.

so let SAAB do all kind of circus stunts as per my knowledge rafalle is already in and SAAB is already been shown the door but is reluctant to leave the party and is desparate or making desparate attempts to sell grippen but both IAF and MOD corrupt top brass os helpless and cant help them as new DM and PM are not ammused cause what SAAB did or played games with old UPA against indian security cant be forgotten no matter what they offer now