Saab carries out IRIS-T flight test trials for Sweden
Saab has successfully carried out the first flight tests with the air-to-air missile IRIS-T to verify the function between the missile and the Gripen aircraft.
2006-11-07 | IRIS-T enhances Gripen’s close combat performance, which is an important component for Gripen during future international operations.
“The test trials are an important milestone in the Gripen program. IRIS-T is a European collaboration and development project within the missile area, where Saab has a leading role for the integration of complex future missile systems”, says Henrik Höjer, responsible for the Gripen program within Saab Aerosystems
The IRIS-T is an air-to-air missile used during aerial combat with the new generation of fighter aircraft and will in future replace the American Sidewinder. The development of the air-to-air missile IRIS-T is being conducted as an international industrial project with the participation of Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Norway and Spain. IRIS-T is now in production.
“The IRIS-T missile and the Gripen aircraft have worked as expected and we are pleased with the flight test results”, says Joacim Eriksson, Project Manager for the integration of IRIS-T at Saab Aerosystems.
At the end of 2005, FMV, The Swedish Defence Materiel Administration, ordered the integration of the missile on Gripen. Missile flight trials are included in the integration work, among other things. The work started at beginning of the year and will continue to 2009. The work started at beginning of the year and will continue to 2009.
Beside the IRIS-T programme Saab is also taking part in the Meteor programme, which also is an international cooperation between leading aerospace companies in Europe.
Saab is one of the world’s leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defence, aviation and space. The group covers a broad spectrum of competence and capabilities in systems integration.
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November 7, 2006 at 10:36 am