Embraer Opens First Gripen Assembly Facility Outside Sweden

Credit: Tony Osborne/AWST
A second assembly facility for the Saab Gripen E fighter formally opened on May 9 at Embraer’s military aircraft manufacturing complex in Gaviao Peixoto, Brazil at a ceremony attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, fulfilling a commitment to produce 15 of the 36 fighters ordered by the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

Subscription Required

 

This content requires a subscription to one of the Aviation Week Intelligence Network (AWIN) bundles.

Schedule a demo today to find out how you can access this content and similar content related to your area of the global aviation industry.

Already an AWIN subscriber? Login

 

Did you know?  Aviation Week has won top honors multiple times in the Jesse H. Neal National Business Journalism Awards, the business-to-business media equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes.