Saab JAS 39 Gripen

Single turbofan multirole fighter with 3 variants in productions. JAS 30 Gripen E has a larger fuselage, more powerful engine, increased weapons payload, new cockpit and improved avionics compared to C.

60% of the airframe is aluminium, 6% titanium, 5% other metals. The remaining 29% are mostly composite materials including the wing boxes, canards, fin, major doors and hatches and are manufactured by Saab.

Aircraft is powered by centrally located single turbofan engine. Tail fin is sweptback and mounted with antennas and positioned over exhaust port. Delta wings are mounted midway on fuselage with square tips for missile rails. Pair of canards aft of wing can move independently. This relaxed stability design, coupled with digital fly-by-wire controls maximises manoeuvrability of aircraft.

A/C/E variants seat a single pilot in a moderately high positioned cockpit with single panel windscreen with hinged canopy. B/D/F are two seater variants with extended cockpit canopy and second pilot seated behind the first. Pilots in JAC 39 Gripen C face 3 full colour multi-function displays and head-up display. E and F variants face single, full colour, wide area, touchscreen display and head up display. BAE Cobra helmet mounted display are offered as an option. In all variants pilots face a centrally mounted Hands On Throttle-And-Stick (HOTAS) controlling the displays and weapon systems.