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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Saab Working on Unmanned Gripen to Keep Combat Jet Competitive

Gripen ESaab AB is working on a version of its Gripen fighter that could fly without pilots as the company explores ways to keep the program viable for another 30 years.

“What we are talking about is an optionally manned aircraft,” Chief Executive Officer Hakan Buskhe said in an interview at the Paris Air Show.

The concept would follow development of the Gripen E, an upgraded model of the jet Saab is developing for the Swedish and Swiss air forces, he said.

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