First Gripen E assembled in Brazil completes maiden flight at Embraer facility
Embraer and Saab flew the first Gripen E built outside Sweden at the Gavião Peixoto plant in São Paulo state. The aircraft is the first of 15 to be assembled in Brazil under the Brazilian Air Force's F-39E programme. It marks technology transfer from Linköping to Latin America.
Why it matters: Saab has turned industrial offsets into genuine dual-site production — rare in fighter deals, and a model other primes will study as export competition sharpens.
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