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Friday, February 13, 2009

Gripen can help India become self reliant

Saab GripenSaying Gripen was the world's best fighter for the world's lowest price, Saab Director for India Eddy de la Motte said that it was the only Medium Multi-role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) option for India which, in combination with Saab's industrial cooperation programme, could make India an exporter of aircraft like Sweden by 2020.

Saying that both India and Sweden were 'non-aligned', he said the main problem Gripen faced in most countries was political pressure from the US on the government in question. Notwithstanding this, he said, Gripen had ''won more competitions than anyone else''.

Motte said that the lifecycle cost (LCC) for the Gripen came to around $3,000 per flying hour, as compared to around $8,000 per flying hour for the American F-16.

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