Gripen at LAAD 14-17 April
[Updated] Discover how Gripen can enhance your air superiority. Visit Saab and Gripen at Saab’s stand, J49.
Image: On 2 February Saab handed over a tender for 36 Gripen Next Generation aircraft to the Brazilian Air Force Air Command. Gripen NG is the next generation Gripen, an enhanced version of the well- established net- centric warfare multirole fighter which has proven low acquisition, operation and support costs.
4/3/2009 | Representatives from Saab including Gripen International Sales and Marketing Director Bob Kemp will be looking forward to meeting visitors from Brazil as well as other countries attending LAAD.
Image: Brazilian Defence Minister, Nelson Jobim, is shown Gripen's cockpit by pilot Johan Bergkvist of the Swedish Air Force. To the left of Nelson Jobim is Sweden's Minister of Defence Sten Tolgfors. Photo: Lasse Jansson.
Image: Gripen International's Managing Director Johan Lehander and Sweden's Minister of Defence Sten Tolgfors. Photo Lasse Jansson.
Explore on site
Discover the range of Saab’s products and solutions displayed at LAAD, including:
- The NLAW simulator – a man-portable disposable weapon consisting of an anti tank missile sealed within a launch tube
- The Battlefield Management System, BMS – provides real-time situational awareness and advises the location of friendly forces, reports the location of hostile, neutral or unknown activities and facilitates the exchange of orders, intelligence tasks and reports, and text messages
Image: ERIEYE is the first high-performance, long-range Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) system based on active phased-array pulse-Doppler radar. This new generation system can be installed in a variety of commercial and military aircraft, including regional jet or turboprop airliners. It meets full AEW&C requirements for detecting and tracking targets at ranges of up to 450 km over land or water. Photo Carlos Lorch.
About LAAD
Latin America Aerospace & Defence, LAAD, is a bi-annual held trade show for the defence and security industry in Latin America. It brings together Brazilian and international companies that specialise in supplying equipment and services to all three major services of the Armed Forces, special forces and security services, as well as consultants and government agencies. LAAD is being held at RioCentro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.