SAAB:

“We’re much more intensive in discussion with the Brits than the other consortium,” Buskhe said in a phone briefing. “It looks very promising, and I think we jointly can do good things together.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-20/saab-ceo-says-warplane-maker-could-join-u-k-led-fighter-program

Be glad for that. Really ****ty article.

Anyway, my guess is that the JSM will probably be fitted to Gripen if Finland (against all odds) purchase the Gripen E.

Hopefully it will. Better fit for a small fighter like -39 than gigantic RBS-15.

Appears the radarwizards in Scotland have over delivered: ( https://twitter.com/GripenNews/status/546576352368156672 ):
“The #Gripen NG #AESA #radar to #Brazil will be 30% more capable than config offered in 2009 proposal. via COPAC public hearing Dec-2014”

Thanks for the info and this is my takeaway:

TIDLS can support 4 aircraft and the F-35 can support 25 (normally 6 flights of 4 and 1 terminal, ie BACN, to act as an uplink to the rest of the network).

TIDLS can share solutions (tracks or plots) and the F-35 can share raw data.

TIDLS is a broadcast solution and the F-35’s MADL is LPI & directional.

Just to clarify: Gripen E’s datalink is directional (& LPI/LPD, using the new GaN antennas for MFS-EW). Additionaly; TIDLS for C/D can manage more than four aircraft.
(P.S. Sorry to be off-topic.. D.S)

EU programs Korrigan, Manga, Magnus and Eusic. 5 plants/companies/universities are certified for the production of GaN modules in europe (QinetiQ, Chalmers, UMS, +2 that i forgot).
ATM to my knowledge, only one is producing modules (UMS) for EU countries, but intellectual property is shared.

To my understanding, the IP is owned by chalmers, but not 100% on that.

The definition of MS 21 has changed since the swiss eval. Gripen does not jump a material standard, its sequential. So the definition of MS 22 might be defined as something today, and something else next year.