time in combat is never provided, its impossible to predict or even predict average.
just time on station is possible to state.
Actually, decent range estimations give a description of the combat time. IIRC one of the range estimations provided for a couple of 6g turns and a minute of burner use.
Time on station is also a somewhat meaningless metric as we don’t know how that time is calculated. Is the aircraft racetracking, is it trading altitude for longer on station time, it is in a very low energy state and would take time to reach a tactically significant speed?
did it ever occur to you that a typical A2A configuration is =/= from max combat air patrol range ?
guess not
Well aware of different mission configurations but Saab decided not to let us know what they are. Instead they can hide behind the ambiguity as described.
there was never a new fighter built when drag was as known as it is on gripen E,
yet predictions came within 10%, only fighter in living memory that fell short of 10% was F-35 performance,
and even then it was more of an objective or guideline than actual prediction,
and truth to be told most predicted the objectives was just hype anyway, even F-35 became as predicted,
more or less, or just less
Of course, they knew so much already they predicted a 15% OEW increase before they started building the jet…
But this is all academic as the Gripen is the least likely to be chosen by Canada for a host of reasons other than Saab’s claims.
if anything, i’d sooner expect a slight improvement, on the odd chance perfection can be improved upon
LOL, you should change your signature block.
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