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 by Geoff Ziezulewicz Linkoping, Sweden (UPI) May 19, 2016
Saab introduced its new Gripen E "Smart Fighter" during a ceremony Wednesday at the company's headquarters in Sweden. "Gripen is a unique fighter concept, bringing a perfect balance between excellent operational performance, high-tech solutions, cost-efficiency and industrial partnership into one smart fighter system," the company said in a release. The jet performs a wide range of air-to-air, air-to-surface and reconnaissance missions, the company said, and is crafted to meet current and future threats while meeting strict requirements for reliability, flight safety, training efficiency and low operating costs. The Gripen E also features a delta-canard configuration with relaxed aerodynamic stability. The delta wing and canards, coupled with a digital Fly-By-Wire Flight Control System, "give the fighter an optimum combination of manoeuvrability, acceleration, top speed and short-field performance," the company said.
Russia's new missile has 250-mile reach "That means that Airborne early warning and control aircraft, including AWACS [Airborne Warning and Control System], will noew be unable to enter the 400-kilometer zone without repercussions," Pavel Sozinov, chief designer for the state-run Almaz-Antey defense company, told the TASS news service. The missile's debut lessens the capabilities of an enemy attack using fighters or other attack aircraft, he said. Russia's ground forces were first outfitted with the S-300V4 in 2014.
Rheinmetall upgrading Swiss air defense system The upgrade is to be conducted through 2019 and involve modernization of the fire control system and guns and an overhaul of associated command and control systems. The work by Rheinmetall Air Defense, a subsidiary of the Rheinmetall Group of Germany, will extend the life of the system to at least 2025, Rheinmetall said. The specific value of the contract from the Swiss federal procurement agency was not given but is said to be seven figures. Some work on the project has been assigned to Switzerland's RUAG Aviation at the request of Swiss authorities. Earlier this year the government had deferred plans to procure a new air-defense system pending a comprehensive review of the requirements.
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