Gripen C-series

Packing Iron.

NATO-proven, fully networked and with the latest sensors and

weapons to guarantee air superiority Gripen C-series is the most
reliable multi-role combat aircraft operating in the world today.

Learn more at saab.com/gripen-C

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3. VORTEX GENERATING STRAKES ACCESS VIA NOSE WHEEL BAY 49. PORT CANARD FOREPLANE CARBON-FIBRE ORIGINAL ARTIST
4. GLASS-FIBER RADOME 32. RETRACTABLE, TELESCOPIC FLIGHT REFUELLING PROBE COMPOSITE STRUCTURE
5. AUTOMATIC DIRECTION FINDER (ADF) ANTENNA 33. COCKPIT REAR AVIONICS SHELF 50. CENTRE-FUSELAGE ALUMINIUM ALLOY
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COCKPIT FRONT PRESSURE BULKHEAD
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35. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM (GPS) ANTENNA
FRAME STRUCTURE
51. ALUMINIUM ALLOY SKIN PANELLING
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8. YAW VANE (UNDER FORWARD FUSELAGE AND OUT OF VIEW) 36. FUSELAGE STRAKE, PORT AND STARBOARD 52. DORSAL VERY HIGH FREQUENCY (VHF) ANTENNA COMPUTER ARTIST
9. LOWER ULTRA HIGH FREQUENCY (UHF) ANTENNA 37. HEAT EXCHANGER AND EXHAUST DUCTS 53. DATALINK / (TACAN TACTICAL AIR NAVIGATION) ANTENNA
(UNDER FORWARD FUSELAGE AND OUT OF VIEW) 38. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SYSTEM EQUIPMENT FOR 54. DORSAL SPINE FAIRING
10. INCIDENCE VANE CABIN PRESSURISATION AND EQUIPMENT COOLING 55. CENTRAL FUSELAGE INTEGRAL FUEL TANK
11. FORMATION LIGHTING STRIP 39. SELF SEALING FUEL TANK BETWEEN INTAKE DUCTS 56. PORT HYDRAULIC RESERVOIR, DUAL SYSTEM
12. RUDDER PEDALS 40. CANARD FOREPLANE HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR 57. WING ATTACHMENT FUSELAGE MAIN FRAMES 80

13. WINDSCREEN 41. REFUELLING PROBE HINGED DOOR 58. ENGINE COMPRESSOR INTAKE 78
14. WIDE ANGLE HEAD UP DISPLAY (HUD) 42. FOREPLANE HINGE MOUNTING TRUNION 59. IDENTIFICATION FRIEND OR FOE (IFF) ANTENNA
15. COCKPIT CANOPY, HINGED TO PORT 43. PORT INTAKE DUCTING 79

16. ANOPY BREAKER MINIATURE DETONATING CORD (MDC) 44. TEMPERATURE PROBE
Always Combat Ready 17. STARBOARD AIR INTAKE 45. PORT NAVIGATION LIGHT
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Information superiority
Refuel and re-arm takes less than 10 min- 18. MARTIN-BAKER MK10L ZERO-ZERO EJECTION SEAT 46. CANNON AMMUNITION DOOR Gripen C-series is a master of situational
utes for air-to-air missions and less than 19. COCKPIT REAR PRESSURE BULKHEAD 66
awareness. Link16 / tactical datalink,
20. ENGINE THROTTLE LEVER
20 minutes for air-to-ground missions. shared sensor-fused data, embedded
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21. PORT SIDE CONSOLE PANEL
Gripen requires minimal personnel and 22. COCKPIT SECTION COMPOSITE SKIN PANELLING 77 decision support and the optimized
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ground support equipment for dispersed 23. NOSE WHEEL DOOR WITH INTEGRAL TAXYING LIGHT 83 cockpit Human Machine Interface (HMI)
24. RETRACTION ACTUATOR
operations and can operate from a 75 ensures information superiority, putting
25. TWIN-WHEEL NOSE UNDERCARRIAGE
runway no wider than a small, unprepared 26. HYDRAULIC STEERING JACKS 68
76 74 the pilot one step ahead of the enemy
road, making it more combat ready than 27. 27MM CANNON 73 84 and in control of the battlespace.
any other fighter on the market. 28. PORT AIR INTAKE 65
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Protecting sovereign skies Multi-role fighter

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Nations across four continents rely 17
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on Gripen to protect their sovereign 16 18
33 roles: air-to-air, air-to-surface and recon-
airspace. After decades of service and naissance. The pilot can change role
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numerous NATO-led assignments, Gripen 1
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while airborne, or operate in multiple
is ready to participate in any joint mission 13 19
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roles simultaneously. As sensor systems
anywhere in the world. and weapons evolve, Gripen’s multi-
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95. ELEVON CARBON-FIBRE SKIN PANELLING
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The power of Availability
Gripen was created to be airborne: It
has a proven high level of availability
resulting from consistently low failure
rates, ease of operation, maintenance
and repair. Gripen is by design the most
available fighter aircraft in the world.
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96. PORT OUTBOARD ELEVON
11 97. REAR QUADRANT RADAR WARNING ANTENNA
10 24 26 98. WING TIP MISSILE LAUNCH RAIL
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76. FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM DYNAMIC 100. LEADING EDGE MANOEUVRING FLAP, OUTBOARD SEGMENT
60. WING ATTACHMENT CARBON-FIBRE PRESSURE SENSOR 101. WING PANEL CARBON-FIBRE SKIN PANELLING
25 COMPOSITE COVER PANEL 77. RADAR WARNING ANTENNA 102. PORT WING OUTBOARD NATO STORE COMPATIBLE PYLON
61. STARBOARD WING INTEGRAL FUEL TANK 78. FINCAP UHF/VHF ANTENNA 103. STARBOARD WING OUTBOARD NATO STORE
62. FUEL SYSTEM PIPING 79. INTEGRATED LANDING SYSTEM (ILS) ANTENNA COMPATIBLE PYLON
63. LEADING EDGE DOG-TOOTH 80. STROBE LIGHT / ANTI COLLISION BEACON 104. PORT MAINWHEEL
64. STARBOARD LEADING EDGE 81. CARBON-FIBRE COMPOSITE RUDDER 105. LEADING EDGE MANOEUVRING FLAP, INBOARD SEGMENT
TWO-SEGMENT MANOEUVRING FLAP 82. VARIABLE AREA AFTERBURNER NOZZLE 106. LEADING EDGE FLAP-POWERED HINGE ACTUATOR
65. WING TIP LAUNCHER AND RADAR 83. NOZZLE CONTROL ACTUATOR (3) 107. LANDING LIGHT
WARNING RECEIVER (RWR) ANTENNAS 84. PORT AIRBRAKE PANEL, CLOSED 108. MAIN UNDERCARRIAGE LEG STRUT
66. STARBOARD REAR POSITION LIGHT 85. AIRBRAKE HYDRAULIC JACK 109. HYDRAULIC RETRACTION JACK
67. STARBOARD OUTBOARD ELEVON 86. AFTERBURNER DUCTING 110. LEADING EDGE OPERATING TORQUE SHAFT FROM
68. STARBOARD INBOARD ELEVON 87. GE F404G AFTERBURNING TURBOFAN ENGINE CENTRAL DRIVE MOTOR Future-proven
69. OVERWING ELEVON ACTUATOR HOUSING 88. AUXILIARY POWER UNIT (APU) 111. MAINWHEEL LEG DRAG/BREAKER STRUT
70. BLEED AIR SPILL DUCT 89. VENTRAL AIRFRAME-MOUNTED ACCESSORY 112. FIXED INBOARD LEADING EDGE SEGMENT
Continuously developed and enhanced
71. FORMATION LIGHTING STRIPS EQUIPMENT GEARBOX 113. MAINWHEEL DOOR, CLOSED AFTER CYCLING OF in close co-operation with customers
DIMENSIONS 72. AUTOMATIC FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM EQUIPMENT 90. TITANIUM WING ROOT ATTACHMENT FITTINGS UNDERCARRIAGE and with the most flexible weapon system
WINGSPAN 8.4M (27 FT 6 IN) 73. FIN ROOT ATTACHMENT JOINTS 91. PORT WING INTEGRAL FUEL TANK 114. PORT WING INBOARD “WET” NATO STORE of all fighters, results in maximum opera-
92. MULTI-SPAR WING PANEL PRIMARY STRUCTURE
LENGTH 14.1M (46 FT 3 IN) 74. RUDDER HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR COMPATIBLE PYLON
HEIGHT 4.5 M (14 FT 8 IN) 75. CARBON-FIBRE SKIN PANELLING 93. INBOARD ELEVON HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR 115. STARBOARD WING INBOARD “WET” tional effectiveness and predictable.
MAX TAKE-OFF WEIGHT 14 TONNES (30,870 LBS) WITH HONEYCOMB SUBSTRATE 94. PORT INBOARD ELEVON NATO STORE COMPATIBLE PYLON
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your weapon
AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE AIR-TO-AIR RR MISSILE SMART BOMBS

Multiple Gripen C-series Air-to-Air and Air-to-Surface

store combinations, together with optional targeting
and Reconnaissance pods, give a highly flexible multi-
PYTHON 4/5
AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE role capability for combined air defence and offensive
METEOR FUEL DROP TANK operations during a single mission.
AIR-TO-AIR RR MISSILE

A-DARTER
AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE

JDAM/JDAM-ER GBU-31/-32/-38
SMART BOMB

AIM-9 SIDEWINDER DERBY

(AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE) AIR-TO-AIR
RR MISSILE
AIM-132 ASRAAM
AIR-TO-AIR IR MISSILE

BRIMSTONE
Pylon Station 1 2 3 4 5 G 3 2 1
AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE

Carriage mass (kg) 110 600 - 250 1100 - 1300 - -

AGM-65 MAVERICK
AIM-120 AMRAAM MK80 SERIES AIR-TO-SURFACE MISSILE Air-to-Air IR Missiles
AIR-TO-AIR RR MISSILE GENERAL PURPOSE
BOMBS
Air-to-Air Radar Missiles

Air-to-Surface Missiles
DJRP
RECONNAISSANCE POD
Guided Bombs

PAVEWAY II
LITENING POD GBU-10/-12/-16/-49 Small Diameter Bombs
FLIR/LDP POD SMART BOMB RECCELITE
RECONNAISSANCE POD
Anti-Ship Missiles

RBS15

As a true multi-role fighter, a basic type, simplifies fighter turnaround and

ANTI-SHIP MISSILE Unguided Bombs
requirement for Gripen is the capability the integration of new weapons. The
to carry a wide variety of external stores standard interface, the flexible avionics Stand-off weapons
without any changes to the aircraft system and the excellent flight characte- AGM-154 JSOW
STAND-OFF WEAPON
hardware or software. Gripen is able to ristics, with various kinds of external Recce Pod
carry a wide range of stores with each stores, make integration of new weapons LIZARD II/III
station having NATO interoperable mecha- and other stores comparatively easy at
SMART BOMB
FLIR/LDP Pod
nical and electrical interfaces. an affordable cost.
Advanced weapons integrated on This ensures that Gripen maintains TAURUS KEPD 350
Gripen interface with the system via its combat effectiveness throughout its SPICE
PAVEWAY III
STAND-OFF WEAPON AACMI Pod
SMART BOMB
MIL-STD-1553B data bus connections long service life as the design enables GBU-22/-24
SMART BOMB
and MIL-STD-1760 type interfaces at the next generation of improved weapons EHUD/FPR MRPS
Fuel Drop Tank
AACMI POD RECONNAISANCE POD
each pylon. This eliminates requirements to be easily integrated.
for special interfaces for each weapon
27 mm Gun G

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The Gripen C-series multi-role fighter is NATO proven, fully networked and uses the latest sensors
and weapons to guarantee air superiority. It is capable of performing an extensive range of air-to-air
and air-to-surface operational missions and has been designed to meet the demands of current
threats, uses a continuous development approach to ensure operational relevance while at the same
time, meeting requirements for flight safety, reliability, training efficiency and low operating costs.
Gripen C-series is in operational service with the Swedish, Czech Republic, Hungarian, South African
and Thai Air Forces and is also used by the UK Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS) as its advanced
fast jet platform for test pilots worldwide.

Learn more at saab.com/gripen-c or scan the QR code.