Gripen enhancements escape Swedish cutbacks

Source URL: http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/07/216641/gripen-enhancements-escape-swedish-cutbacks.html
Posted at: http://www.air-attack/com/news/news_article/2689

Saab will on 20 September receive the green light to remanufacture 31 of the Swedish air force's JAS 39A Gripen fighters to the enhanced C/D configuration, with the initiative to escape threatened fresh cuts to the nation's defence budget.

Approved by parliament earlier this year but subsequently held up by a government-wide spending review, the project will result in Sweden operating a common fleet of 100 Gripen C/Ds, with additional surplus aircraft to be made available for sale or lease (Flight International, 26 June-2 July).

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