4. Gripen NG will not cost 43 million, agreed. But the reason as to why the Gripen BR has jumped up to 5.4 billion is because they’ve insisted on some special solutions such as the WAD. ?
The Brasil Gripen contract was made in Kronas, and at time of the signing the US$ had devaluated versus the Swedish currency. Right now the exact same deal is valued at 4.5 Billion US$.
The Brasilian contract covers the development of a twin seater, a great big chunk of a new cockpit, the development and integration of a next generation Embraer data link, the integration of severall Brasilian and South African munitions, an assembly line south of the equator and the assemblage in house of a great % of the aircrafts.
The Gripen E will be cheaper than the other Eurofighters, and the F-35 to purchase, operate and maintain throughout the years.
And by a very handsome margin.
But if the Finnish Air Force gets anything near the budget to acquire and operate the F-35A, thats what they are going to acquire.
The EWG’s report left open the possibility that Finland might acquire two different, but complementary, fighter types that could potentially include specialist ground-attack or multirole aircraft.
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