First Saab Gripen E from Brazil enters the second phase of its final assembly – Air Power



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Jane reported that the first Saab Gripen E fighter targeting Brazil was entering the second stage of final badembly and that he was heading to his first test flight this year .

Conal Walker, Saab, said on Jan. 31 that there were three stages in the final badembly.

Stage 1 corresponds to most installations, such as cables and pipelines.

Step 2 includes badembly of avionics, auxiliary power unit, engine, radar, ducks, sail and windshield.

The video below, published by Saab do Brasil, shows four Gripen E hunters on the badembly line in Sweden.

In the calendar below, the deliveries of the fighters released by the FAB, the first Brazilian Gripen E is to fly in July 2019.

Some program numbers:

  • ] There are will have 8 bipeds, only for Brazil;
  • 8 aircraft will be mounted in Su
  • 10 Brazilian pilots, 2 test pilots and 8 operational pilots will be trained in the Brazilian air force
  • 8 single-seaters will be fully badembled in Embraer
  • in Sweden.

– First flight of the single pilot FTI (flight test instrument) aircraft [Brésil]

[19459109] – Beginning of aeronautical production at Embraer

– First flight of the Brazilian aircraft from flight test instrumentation (FTI)

  • of October and November – Delivery of the first series aircraft (respectively 8 and 3 aircraft)
  • – Delivery of the first monopost produced at Embraer

    – Delivery of the first biposto produced at Embraer

      Saab JAS 39E Gripen fighter with Meteor missiles
    Saab JAS 39E Gripen fighter with missiles Meteor

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