Gripen at IDET 5 – 7 May

Discover how Gripen can enhance your air superiority. Visit Saab and Gripen at Saab’s stand in Hall V on stand 24.

Image: Between May and August, Czech Gripen fighters will protect the local airspace of the Baltic States when the Czech Republic takes over the responsibility of air policing in the Baltic states. The Czech air force will have two Gripen fighters on 24/7 NATO QRA duty and the fighters will be based at Siauliai Air Base in Lithuania. Photo Jan Kouba.

5/4/2009 |

Representatives from Saab and Gripen International Sales will be looking forward to meeting visitors attending IDET from the Czech Republic as well as other countries.

Explore on site

Discover the range of Saab’s products and solutions at IDET, including: 

• Gripen – the first of the new generation, multi-role combat aircraft to enter service. Using the latest available technology it is capable of performing an extensive range of air-to-air and air-to-surface operational missions and employs the latest weapons. Since 2005, Gripen has been in full operational service with the Czech Republic Air Force, which has taken delivery of all of its 14 aircraft to meet its national, European and NATO defence needs.
• Saab Giraffe Agile Multi-Beam (AMB) – an air defence search radar including the latest in true 3D-radar technology. The capability of the new Giraffe AMB is extended into a Multi-Mission Radar System with simultaneous air and sea surveillance, Ground Based Air Defence (GBAD), Military Air Traffic Control (ATC) and 360° Ballistic Weapon Tracking and Locating. 
• Arthur – a leading Weapon Locating System (WLS) for manoeuvre forces and peace support operations. Arthur is a highly mobile and transportable medium-range WLS with radar, climate control and power generator integrated on a single vehicle.

About IDET

The International Exhibition of Defence and Security Technologies, IDET, is a bi-annual trade show. Exhibitors from about 30 countries present products to foreign armed forces delegations and professionals all over the world. IDET is being held at the Exhibition Centre in Brno, Czech Republic.