Saab Sees Potential Canada Production Line Serving Other Gripen Buyers

Gripen E
Credit: Linus Svensson/Saab
SINGAPORE—Saab is looking at a potential Canadian Gripen E/F production line also serving other buyers should it convince Ottawa to buy the single-engine fighter. “We need to ramp up to a level where it's not only for Canada,” said Mikael Franzén, Saab's chief marketing officer for Gripen. “We see...
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Robert Wall is Executive Editor for Defense and Space. Based in London, he directs a team of military and space journalists across the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific.

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