JAS 39 C "Gripen A/A WVR"

JAS39Gripen


Designation: JAS 39C "Gripen"
Type:            Strike Fighter 
Developer:    JAS Industry Group
Origin:          Sweeden
Crew:            1

Introduction:  June 1996
Users:           Sweeden, South Africa, Brazil,
                    Hungary, Thailand, UK, 
				    and Czech Republic. 
Produced:      1987–present
Number built: 271+

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>>> DIMENSIONS

Length    : 14.1 m
Wingspan: 8.40 m
Height     : 4.5 m
Wing area: 30.00 m2

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>>> PERFORMANCE

Empty weight  : 14,991 lb. 
Max T/O weight: 30,865 lb.
Fuel capacity   : 790 Gal. internal,
                  920 Gal. external.
Powerplant: 1 * turbofan Volvo RM12, 
            12,000 lb dry; 18,100 with afterburner.

Max. speed   : 1,328 Knots, Mach 2
Combat range: 500 miles
Ferry range    : 2,000 miles.
Service ceiling: 50,000 ft.
G limits        : +9 / -3 g
Take-Off Run  : 1,312 ft.
Landing Run   : 1,640 ft.

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>>> ARMAMENT (as simulated)

Guns: 1× 27 mm Mauser 
Hardpoints: 3, centerline 1,000 kg, 
           wing pylons 500 kg each.
           total external stores 1,620 kg		   

Bombs: Conventional: Mk-82 / Mk-83 / M71
       Laser Guided: GBU-12 / GBU-16 
	   TV Guided: GBU-32 / GBU-38 / GBU-39 / GBU-49
	   Gliding: GBU-31 / GBU-32 / GBU-38

Cluster Bombs: DWS 39

Rockets: M70B
	   
AG Missiles: Brimstone / SPEAR-3 / Maverick / MAR-1

AS Missiles: RBS-15

AA Missiles: A-Darter / ASRAAM / AIM-9 / IRIS-T / Python-5

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>>> SERVICE HISTORY

On 1980 the Swedish Government launched a competition to find a Viggen successor, Saab and other major swedish companies joined and formed the consortium IG JAS, to develop a new multirole combat aircraft.

The development contract was signed on June 1982 and the workshare was 65% Saab, 16% Ericsson, 15% Volvo-Aero and 4% FFV. On April 1983 the Swedish Air Force ordered a first batch of 30 aircrafts.

Enngine tests began on 1984 and the first of five prototypes rolled out on April 1987. Severe problems with its fly-by-wire software delayed the first flight to December 1988. A prototype landing accident on February 1989 delayed the program still more. On August 1993 a second Gripen crash caused a suspension on the flight program until December 1993.





(Data summarized from World Air Power Journal, Vol.20 - 1995)