Colombia buys 17 caza Saab Gripe E/F

The Swedish company Saab confirmó the signing of the contract by más de $3.5 trillion dólares for the purchase of 17 Gripen E/F by Colombia. Saab press reference photo

Saab has signed a contract with the Colombian Government and has received an order for 17 Gripen E/F fighter aircraft. The order value is 3.100 million euros and deliveries will be madeán and 2026-2032.

Colombia boughtó the Gripen E/F

The contract includes 15 two-seat Gripen E and two Gripen F fighter jets, así such as equipment and weapons, training and associated services.

Saab and the Colombian Government tooéTwo compensation agreements have been signed todayón that describe the framework for various military and social projects. These encompass a comprehensive package of cooperationón industrial to benefitá to Colombia in áareas such as the aeroplaneáutica, cybersecurity, health, at Energísustainable and technologyíto purifyón of water.

«I am honored that Colombia has chosen the Gripen E/F to enhance its defense capabilities atérea and delighted to welcome Colombia to the Gripen family. This marks the beginning of a partnershipón sógood and long term to strengthená the defense and security of Colombia, benefitá to your village and boostá the power of innovationón of the nationón», said Michael Johansson, president and CEO of Saab.

Más purchase details

Sayún the renowned account of, The scope of the contract isún greater and exceeds the $4.300 millions of dóhomes, what includes:

• Infrastructure, formationón, ammunition, spare parts, etc. The cost of real airplanes represents half of that cost.
• 146 millions of dóhomes by avión x 17 airplanes = 2.400 millions of dóhomes.
• 2.4B for airplanes  + 1.9B for ammunition, training, spare parts, constructionóNo. of infrastructure, technology transfería.

CharacteríGripen statics

The Saab Gren E (spaghettién known as Gripen NG – Next Generation) is the versionón más advanced Gripen light multirole fighter, developed by the companyñíSwedish aerospace company Saab.

East á diseñdesigned for superior performance, sustainability and low operating costsón, combining avióAdvanced single with an improved fuselage.

Avióunique and advanced systems

• Radar: Equipped with an advanced electronic scanning radaróonly active (AESA – Active Electronically Scanned Array), the Selex ES-05 Raven, which provides high situational awareness and detection abilityón long range with a wide áwindón.

• Electronic Warfareónica: It has a sophisticated electronic warfare systemóunique and self-protectionón (EW – Electronic Warfare) called Arexis, including digital jamming and deception capabilitiesñO.

• Cabin: It has a glass cabin úlast generationón with a large screen áwide area (WAD – Wide Area Display) for a presentationón of data táintuitive tics.

• Architecture: Uses an avi architectureódistributed and flexible solution that facilitates future updates of hardware and software.

Armament and loading capacity

• Thatñón: A likeñóby caráattic of 27 mm Mauser BK-27.

• Anchor Points: 10 external anchor points for a load úsignificantly more useful than its predecessors.

• Ammunition: Can carry a wide range of air-to-air weapons, air-land and air-sea, including:

  • Air-to-Air Missiles: Meteor (BFRAME), IRIS-T, AMRAAM.

  • Air-to-Surface Missiles: Missiles in advance (like the RBS 15F), long range cruise missiles.

  • Bombs: GPS/l guided bombsáto be (JDAM, Paveway, etc.).

Así, Colombia joins Sweden, Brazil, RepúCzech war, Hungría, SudáAfrica and Thailand as operators of influenza in its different versions.

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