{"id":1094,"date":"2026-09-01T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eubrinvestmentdialogue.org.br\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2026-09-01T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T22:49:11","slug":"gripen-fighter-makes-its-first-takeoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eubrinvestmentdialogue.org.br\/en\/2026\/09\/01\/gripen-fighter-makes-its-first-takeoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Gripen Fighter Makes Its First Takeoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"p-rc_1d82ba342f593b4c-24\" data-path-to-node=\"2\"><span data-path-to-node=\"2,0\">The first Gripen fighter in the F version, designed for a crew of two, performed its maiden flight on the morning of last Friday (August 28), at the facilities of Swedish manufacturer Saab in Link\u00f6ping<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,2\">. The aircraft, developed over five years in partnership with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), Embraer, and other national companies, completed a 40-minute trip without incidents\u2014a symbolic milestone of a program that Saab itself describes as the fruit of the joint development of both countries<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"2,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_1d82ba342f593b4c-25\" data-path-to-node=\"3\"><span data-path-to-node=\"3,0\">The contract, signed in 2014 for the acquisition of 36 aircraft between single-seat and two-seat models, is considered the largest export contract ever signed by Sweden and represents, for Brazil, the largest industrial technology transfer program of recent years<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,2\">. The offset agreement linked to the purchase currently brings together more than 60 projects, including the installation of a Saab aerostructures factory in S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo and sending more than 350 Brazilian engineers and technicians for training on Swedish soil, moving values that already exceed nine billion dollars<\/span><span data-path-to-node=\"3,4\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"p-rc_1d82ba342f593b4c-26\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><span data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">Embraer&#8217;s plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto (SP), responsible for part of the national assembly, will also supply aircraft to Colombia in a 3.1 billion euro deal closed at the end of 2025, highlighting that the industrial capacity built from the partnership with Saab began to project Brazil as a regional production hub.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/poder\/2026\/08\/caca-gripen-para-dois-pilotos-faz-voo-inaugural-na-suecia-veja-video.shtml\">https:\/\/www1.folha.uol.com.br\/poder\/2026\/08\/caca-gripen-para-dois-pilotos-faz-voo-inaugural-na-suecia-veja-video.shtml<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Gripen fighter in the F version, designed for a crew of two, performed its maiden flight on the morning of last Friday (August 28), at the facilities of Swedish manufacturer Saab in Link\u00f6ping. 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