Saab JAS 39 Gripen

Sweden's homegrown lightweight multirole fighter — a single-engine, canard-delta design purpose-built for dispersed road-base operations, low operating cost, and swift turnarounds, now serving across two major generations in multiple air forces.

Overview

The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (“Griffin”) is a single-engine, canard-delta multirole fighter developed by Saab AB in Linköping. Conceived to replace the Viggen with a smaller, more affordable airframe that could operate from dispersed highway strips, the Gripen entered service in 1996 and has since evolved through the 4th-generation C/D standard into the substantially re-engined, AESA-equipped 4.5-generation Gripen E/F. Seven air arms currently fly the type, with Ukraine slated to become its first combat operator in the late 2020s.

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