I am in Sweden today on a working visit. We are preparing a major defense package for Ukraine and a strong step regarding Gripen fighter jets, which will definitely make our combat aviation more effective. Meetings are scheduled today with Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, and representatives of the Swedish defense industry will also be present in the delegation format.
Thank you, @SwedishPM, for ensuring that our relations – between Ukraine and Sweden – are always substantive, and that our cooperation is strong.
SECRETARY RUBIO: Sweden was an incredible addition to NATO. It made the alliance much stronger.
Sweden has a mature defense industrial base that it now brought into NATO, so the ability to work on aircraft together is extraordinary. 💪
Saab has secured a $23.9 million U.S. Army contract to deliver 10 Giraffe 1X radars to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, expanding Baltic early-warning and air surveillance coverage through 2027.
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Spännande och intressant genomgång av Flygvapnet som i år fyller 100 år. Väl värt att fira och Saab har som bekant en rätt stor del i Flygvapnets historia.
@saab@flygvapnet#Säkpol@nyteknik@Teknikhistoria
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För första gången i svensk historia tillverkas ett svenskt stridsflygplan utomlands. Idag rullade Gripen E ut från fabriken i Brasilien.
@Saab@fab_oficial#Säkpol#JAS#JASGripen
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CB90 fast combat patrol boat in Toulon naval base. 🇨🇵🇸🇪
📸 by Hervé Dermourne / FB
3 Swedish-built CB90 fast attack crafts are loaned by the Swedish Navy to the French Navy for a period of 18 months as part of a technical and operational cooperation agreement (2 at the Brest naval base, 1 at the Toulon naval base)
🇸🇪🇫🇷 Varmt välkommen till Global Eye familjen Frankrike!
Frankrike har idag tecknat kontrakt för att köpa 2 GlobalEye. Avancerad förvarning och lägesbild är avgörande i dagens hotmiljö. Svensk försvarsindustri stärker nu Europas försvarsförmåga och säkerhet. (1/3)
I see comments that F-35 is so much more modern than Gripen.
We're in the 31st year since F-35 JSF Initial Requirements Document was established.
Most fan boys freaking out over Canada considering a split buy were probably not even born back then.
Delayed doesn't mean "new".
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Thousands of jobs are on the table to make Gripens, for Canada & Ukraine, in Canada. These jobs would be at Saab, Canadian parts suppliers, & the Canadian metals sector. A mixed fleet makes sense. The Gripen can fly all our NORAD & NATO air policing missions at a much lower cost.
Snabb titt på budgetramarna för några norska projekt.
6 st 212CD: 91,6 miljarder kr
52 st F-35A: 97,6 miljarder kr
5 st fregatter: 126,5 miljarder kr
(SEK)
Vi ska inte jämföra rakt av med andra saker men varken A26 eller Gripen E ser dyra ut. Relativt.
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