Errymath: Gripen E

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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Sweden's answer to the F-35 has taken its maiden flight, maker Saab has revealed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">During
 the 40-minute flight over the eastern parts of Östergötland, the latest
 Gripen executed a series of maneuvers to test its systems, including 
extending and retracting its landing gear. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 Gripen E  'Smart Fighter' is aimed at markets not yet cleared to buy 
the troubled Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. </span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen78" style="font-size: 1.2em;">the
 $85 million Gripen E or Gripen E/F is completely redesigned with an 
all-new avionics suite and software that allows it to be modified at 
short notice without extensive layovers. It's fully NATO interoperable 
and includes Network Centric Warfare (NCW) technology for advanced data 
communications, dual data links, satellite communications, and video 
links.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 E fighter, the sixth variant in the Gripen family, is slightly bigger 
than previous versions, has a stronger engine and updated radar systems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It is designed to carry more weapons further, and to track multiple threats using the latest type of radar.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Weapons include guided glide bombs, long-range air-to-air missiles and heavy anti-ship armaments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It also has a 27 mm Mauser BK27 gun, which can be used in air-to-surface attacks against land and sea targets.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The
 flight was just as expected, with the aircraft performance matching the
 experience in our simulations,' pilot Marcus Wandt said after the 
flight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Its acceleration performance is impressive with smooth handling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Needless to say I'm very happy to have piloted this maiden flight.' </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Like others in the range, the Gripen E has a delta wing and fly-by-wire flight avionics.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But
 unlike some others in the line, it has a greater fuel capacity, 20 per 
cent more thrust, more pylons, in-flight refuelling capability and 
increased take-off weight.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It
 has a 15.2 metre (50ft) long body has a wingspan of 8.6 metres (28ft) 
which allows it to manage a take-off weight of 16,500 kg (36.376lb).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It can reach Mach 2 (1,522 mph, 2,450 km/h) at high altitude with a turnaround time between missions of just ten minutes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 aircraft's sensors include an Active Electronically Scanned Array 
(AESA) radar, Infra-Red Search and Track (IRST), Electronic Warfare (EW)
 suite and data link technology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Saab claims that, combined, these sensors give 'the pilot, and co-operating forces exactly the information needed at all times.'</span></div>
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The new jet  is designed to 
carry more weapons further, and to track multiple threats using the 
latest type of radar. Weapons include guided glide bombs, long-range 
air-to-air missiles and heavy anti-ship armaments. It also has a 27 mm 
Mauser BK27 gun, which can be used in air-to-surface attacks against 
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">About
 500 people, including Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist and 
Brazilian air force commander Nivaldo Luiz Rossato, watched the rollout 
of the new Gripen E last week.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The event took place in Linkoping, about 105 miles (170km) southeast of Stockholm.</span></div>
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Selling
 for about $85 million excluding arms, the Gripen E is slightly cheaper 
than Rafale or Typhoon and significantly cheaper than the single-engined
 F-35, which is marketed for stealth</div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'The
 Gripen E ensures that Gripen as a brand keeps going against the Rafale,
 Typhoon and F-35,' said Francis Tusa, editor of Defence Analysis.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Selling
 for about $85 million excluding arms, the Gripen E is slightly cheaper 
than Rafale or Typhoon and significantly cheaper than the single-engined
 F-35, which is marketed for stealth, he added.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But
 critics say the Gripen lacks the flexibility of twin-engined rivals or 
the same geopolitical support as U.S., French or pan-European 
alternatives.</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen88" style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 aircraft, which is already proving in demand, has been in development 
for about 10 years. The first test flight is expected later this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Brazil has ordered 36 Gripen fighters for delivery between 2019 and 2024.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 revamped Gripen E is also one of five aircraft which has attracted 
Finland's interest as it weighs an order for dozens of jets, according 
to industry executives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Boeing's
 F-18, Dassault Aviation's Rafale, Lockheed Martin's F-35 and the 
Eurofighter Typhoon, involving BAE Systems, may also be considered.</span></div>
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''The flight was just as 
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simulations,' pilot Marcus Wandt said after the flight</div>
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<span id="ext-gen80" style="font-size: 1.2em;">Saab
 said it is also monitoring possible fighter purchases in India, which 
some say could seek almost 100 warplanes once it completes a delayed 
order for 36 French Rafales.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'I
 think we have a very good opportunity in India. We can make an 
attractive offer that would suit the Indians with their Make in India 
concept,' Saab aeronautics head Ulf Nilsson said in an interview.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Earlier versions of the plane are in service in the air forces of Sweden, South Africa, Czech Republic, Hungary and Thailand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has been hailed as the 'most expensive weapon in history.'</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">But despite a price tag of $400 billion for 2,457 planes, the fifth-generation fighter has been plagued with issues.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">Now, a new report says problems with its logistics software system could ground the entire fleet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 issue is with what the Department of Defense officials call the 
'brains' of plane, also known as the Autonomic Logistics Information 
System (ALIS).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">A
 Government Accountability Office report says a failure 'could take the 
entire fleet offline' because there is no backup system.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The
 report also says a lack of testing done of the software will mean it's 
not ready for its deployment by the Air Force in August and the Navy in 
2018.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">The 'brains' of the F35 are one of three major components, with the other two being the engine and airframe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">CNN points out that the software runs on ground computers rather than operating on the plane itself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">It is designed to support operations, mission planning and to spot any maintenance issues with the vehicle.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'Program
 officials said that if ALIS is not fully functional, the F-35 could not
 be operated as frequently as intended,' the report said.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 1.2em;">'But
 a DoD commissioned plan found that schedule slippage and functionality 
problems with ALIS could lead to $20-100 billion in additional costs.'</span></div>
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<span id="ext-gen83" style="font-size: 1.2em;">So far, the software has been so flawed that maintenance crews have had to resort labour-intensive alternatives. <i>dailymail</i></span></div>
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Saab's $85m Gripen E fighter to take on the F-35: Swedish jet makes its maiden flight

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