Saab Gripen NG

Main article: Saab JAS 39 Gripen The Saab JAS 39 Gripen (Griffin or "Gryphon" ) is a fighter aircraft manufactured by the Swedish aerospace company Saab. The aircraft is in service with the Swedish, Czech, Hungarian, and the South African air forces. The Royal Thai Air Force has also received the aircraft. The Gripen was one of the aircraft that the IAF sent the Request for Information. The Gripen participated at Aero India 2007, where one JAS 39C (single seater) and two JAS Gripen in flight 39D (two-seater) variants were brought.[42] Gripen International offered the Gripen IN, a [43] version of the Gripen NG (Next Generation) for India's competition. The Gripen NG has increased fuel capacity, more powerful powerplant, higher payload, upgraded avionics and other improvements.[44][45]

Comparison of the aircraft

Aircraft: Dassault Rafale [46] Eurofighter Typhoon[47][48] Germany Italy Spain United Kingdom Eurofighter GmbH 15.96 m (52 ft 5 in) 10.95 m (35 ft 11 in) 5.28 m (17 ft 4 in) 50.0 m (538 ft) 11,000 kg (24,250 lb) 7,500 kg (16,500 lb) 23,500 kg (51,800 lb) 2 Eurojet EJ200 60 kN each (13,500 lbf) 90 kN each (20,250 lbf) 4,996 kg[66] F-16IN F/A-18E/F MiG-35 JAS 39 "Super Super FulcrumNG(IN)[44][55][56][57] [58][59][60][61][62] Viper"[49][50] Hornet[51][52][53][54] F United States Lockheed Martin 15.03 m (49 ft 3 in) 10.0 m (32 ft 8 in) 5.09 m (16 ft 7 in) 27.9 m (300 ft) 9,979 kg (22,000 lb)[63] 7,800 kg (17,200 lb) 21,800 kg (48,000 lb) 1 GE F110132 84 kN (19,000 lbf) 144 kN (32,500 lbf) 3,265 kg

Country of origin:

France

United States

Sweden

Russia

Manufacturer: Length: Wingspan: Height: Wing area: Empty weight: Maximum payload: Maximum takeoff weight (MTOW): Powerplant: Thrust: Dry thrust: Afterburner thrust:

Dassault Aviation 15.27 m (50.1 ft) 10.80 m (35.4 ft) 5.34 m (17.4 ft) 45.7 m (492 ft) 9,500 kg (20,940 lb) 9,500 kg (21,000 lb) 24,500 kg (54,000 lb) 2 SNECMA M88-2 50 kN each (11,250 lbf) 75 kN each (17,000 lbf) 4,700 kg

Boeing Defense, Space & Security 18.31 m (60 ft 1 in) 13.62 m (44 ft 8 in) 4.88 m (16 ft) 46.5 m (500 ft) 14,552 kg (32,081 lb),[54] 8,050 kg (17,750 lb) 29,937 kg (66,000 lb)[54] 2 GE F414-400 62.3 kN each (14,000 lbf) 98 kN each (22,000 lbf) F/A-18E: 6,780 kg,

Saab 14.1 m (46 ft 3 in) 8.4 m (27 ft 7 in) 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in) 30.0 m (323 ft) 7,100 kg (15,650 lb) 5,300 kg (15,880 lb)[64] 14,300 kg (36,400 lb)[65] 1 GE F414G 62.3 kN (14,000 lbf) 98 kN (22,000 lbf) 3,360 kg[57]

RAC-MiG 17.3 m (56 ft 9 in) 12 m (39 ft 4 in) 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) 38.0 m (409 ft) 11,000 kg (24,280 lb) 6,500 kg (15,400 lb) 29,000 kg (65,076 lb) 2 Klimov RD33MK 53 kN each (11,900 lbf) 88.3 kN each (19,840 lbf) 4,800 kg
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Fuel: Internal External External stations:**

7,500 kg

5,880 kg

5 tanks, total 7,381 kg 11 (5 'wet') Mach 1.8

3,800 kg[57]

4,200 kg

14 (5 'wet')

13 (3 'wet') Mach 2.0+[68] (Supercruise: Mach 1.2)

11 (3 'wet') Mach 2.05 800 KCAS

10 (4 'wet') Mach 2.0+ (Supercruise: Mach 1.2[69]) 2,500 km 4,075 km 1300 km with six AAMs + drop tanks, and 30 min on station 15,240 m (56,000 ft) N/A 1.18 None

9 (5 'wet') Mach 2.25 Mach 1.2 2,000 km 3,000 km with 3 drop tanks

Mach 1.8+ Maximum (Supercruise: speed: Mach 1+[67]) At sea level Ferry range: Unrefueled: Extl. tanks

3,700+ km

3,790 km[70]

4,220 km

3,054 km

Combat radius:

1,800 km

550 km on a hi-lo-hi mission 1,390 km on air with six defence with 1,000 lb 10-min loiter[71] (450 kg) bombs 19,812 m (65,000 ft) 18,000 m (60,000 ft)

722 km

1000 km

Service ceiling: Rate of climb: Thrust/weight: Thrust vectoring: Runway needed:

17,000 m (56,000 ft)

15,000 m (50,000 ft) 228 m/s (44,882 ft/min) 0.93 None

17,500 m (57,400 ft) 330 m/s (65,000 ft/min) 1.1 May be fitted with thrust vectoring

305 m/s 315 m/s 254 m/s (60,000 ft/min) (62,000 ft/min) (50,000 ft/min) 1.13 None 400 metres (1,300 ft)[73] ~US$84.48 million 64 million 1.18 Thrust vector upgrade has been offered[72] 700 metres (2,300 ft) ~US$108 million 80 million as of 2009[74] US$50 million[75] 1.1 None

Unit cost:

US$55 million as of 2011[76]

US$48 million

US$38.5 million

Notes:

** = Wet stations

Order value
The order is for 126 aircraft with the option to buy another 6474 more.[77] While there were reports of the direct order being increased to 200, or split between two vendors, Former Chief of Air Staff of the IAF, Air Marshal S.P. Tyagi stated during Aero India 2007 that the number would remain the same, and would be sourced from a single vendor.[78] The first squadron would be directly supplied by the vendor, while the rest would be manufactured under license in India by HAL. He stated however, that as the bidding progressed, this could change.[citation needed ] The Government of India has sanctioned approximately 37000 crore (US$5.7 billion),[79] with reports that another US$2 billion might be added to this. This is indicative of the high importance of the order to the respective vendors. The total value of purchasing the aircraft is expected to be USD 20 billion, with options for purchasing more aircraft.[4]

Offset clause
In 2005, in response to allegations of corruption in defence procurements around the world, the Defence Ministry formulated the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) 2005. According to the DPP, at least 30% of any order over 300 crore (US$45.9 million) is to be sourced from Indian companies. This would enable Indian companies to gain expertise in defence-related technologies, as well
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