So do I, my fanboy friend. You trust SAAB lies. I prefer FAB true. I must remark that COPAC intended to favoured Gripen in its report, the same report that established the Swedish plane as “the most limited” bidder…

Cheers

Pepe

please pepe,
SAAB lies now?
they try to prove there case as for every body else, but they dont lie.

i think total offer price with IAF options would the determant.

This will help MIG 35 wouldnt you say? how much?

and also wasnt LCC also considured in L1?

Not that sure Swerve, Thales AESA antenna for gripen was only for the initial phase of the gripen demo and was an exotic mix of gripen mech radar + rafale AESA array.

So it is unlikely that this demo radar was offered to Norway. Ii is pretty clear I think. Unless you can provide a link stating directly otherwise.

Thales radar wasnt installed and wasnt offered.
A performance spec. was, that Thales probably didnt match(due to less elements, area, angle, and smaller volumesearch capability). But thales was the only one that could deliver a prototype frontend in that time for the program to start. Thales also was less giving partner that wanted there own backend and without swashplate(saab design) aka a rafale radar.
the “mech part” as trolling arthuro say, isnt a “mech part”, but the electronics and software in the backend like RC, SP, DP etc. things you need for getting a X TRMs analog signals to get to a track or a SAR image or TILDS video compare features..

Its not merely a matter of surviving. The Brazilian prospects do not look good for SAAB, and the amount of fighters thailand can order is small. SAAB will continue to sell Gripen C/D in limited numbers the NG will be offered as an upgrade. But the real NG with airframe changes etc built from scratch may not happen if it fails in India and Brazil.

Again very limited numbers, without interest from Russia or India they are likely to struggle as well.

Dassault and EADS while having strong domestic market, you cannot say that the MRCA won’t make much of a difference.

With American firms you are right MRCA is but a drop in their fortunes. Boeing may still like to sell some Super Hornets before the line closes after USN orders.

Quad, i will asure you Gripen NG will survive India and brazil loss, but not Gripen BR and IN.
Soon Gripen C/D wont be rolling of the assembly line anymore, parts will be out of date. And NG parts is offered instead. Upgrade 21 of SwAF gripens will be “NG”, and will be operational someware between 2013-2018 depending on orders of other nations. Upgrades or not, these are basicly new airframes with some old parts.

in the meantime about 13 prospects are out at the moment for Gripen, so hopefully some of those goes in the right direction for Saab.

Saab isnt all about fighters anyway. its also aboat Radar, EW, Laser, commercial aeronautics, Missiles, civil security, system integration etc.
http://www.saabgroup.com/en/

The size of the gripen is not neutral when you start hanging a weapon load. Its performance (range, kinetics will degrade quicker than for heavier aircrafts).

With that i dont say youre wrong, but there are many factors you dont have to make that judgement. And with a 0,41 fuelfraction, it will have no problems putting those gbu whereever he likes, even tho it need little more thust increase.

Being the smaller and the cheapest doesn’t bring only advantages. Beside most of gripen heavy configurations (SAAB pictures) are not operationally realistic. The Gripen will never haver the punch of a rafale or a superhornet.

SAAB has offered it, and verified some of the heavylift capacity allready, they probably knows what they are doing without your fanboy physics standing in the way..

An heavy load for the gripen is a medium load for most of MMRCA contender

medium load?

How often does Rafale o F18 in real life load more than 7200kg under its wings and body?

F-16 with a probe..
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&newspaperUserId=27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3a0d2c6b0a-ba39-4935-b506-215316c3cc6d&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest

A reasonable request:
Radar for Gripen IN is Vixen 1000E

the proper name after AESA project was settled is SELEX/SAAB ES-05 Raven

What i can understand is the vixen 1000E is the selex offer to saab and maybe just the name of the frontend of the radar.

In the case of the Gripen does the Taurus come with a range limited version that complies with MTCR.

RB15 mk 3 can act as Anti-Ship and as Cruise missile.