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2006 multi-role combat aircraft family by Lockheed Martin
The simple numeric answer: available reporting suggests the Gripen E has higher raw top-speed and demonstrable supercruise performance than the F‑35, but none of the sources provide a clean, tested co...
The core claim is that the F-35’s low radar cross-section (RCS) and stealth shaping materially improve its avionics effectiveness in contested airspace compared with a non‑stealth fighter like the Gri...
Available public comparisons emphasize that Saab designed the Gripen around low life-cycle cost and exportability, while coverage of the F-35 highlights higher acquisition and sustainment spending—but...
The assembled analyses consistently conclude that the , while the Gripen’s strengths lie in that complicate engagements at shorter ranges. Recent write-ups from 2025 emphasize the F-35’s decisive dete...
U.S. military forces do train foreign militaries, but most publicly documented exchanges and exercises in the supplied material occurred off U.S. soil or at allied facilities rather than on U.S. bases...
’s cockpit and engine start sequence is designed to be highly automated and pilot-simple—reporting describes the process as requiring just three switch selections (battery, integrated power pack, engi...
Public reporting contains analyst commentary, vendor claims, and enthusiast comparisons but no released, independently verifiable test data directly comparing the Raven ES‑05 (Gripen E) and the F‑35’s...
Real-world reporting and analyst pieces present competing views: proponents say the F‑35’s sensor fusion and helmet-display reduce pilot workload and improve situational awareness, while Saab and seve...
The Gripen E/F is a light, single‑engine 4.5‑generation multirole designed for low cost, dispersed operations and strong sensor‑linking; its strengths are sustainment, EW/modularity and cost per fligh...
Published, operational maintenance man‑hours per flight hour (MMH/FH) figures for the F‑35 and the Saab Gripen are not available in the supplied reporting; existing sources in this set make qualitativ...
Small and medium air forces repeatedly consider the Gripen as the lower-cost option on acquisition and day-to-day operations, while several procurement reviews (notably Finland and Switzerland) and so...
Available public reporting offers claims — largely from enthusiast blogs, forums and trade press — that , F‑35 and bring different strengths to contests with and radars, but there is almost no open, i...
departs from legacy tactical links by pairing high-frequency waveforms with tightly directional, phased‑array antennas to create a low‑probability‑of‑intercept, point‑to‑point data channel optimized f...
cut radar cross section (RCS) through three linked levers: airframe shaping to steer and cancel returns, materials and coatings that absorb or attenuate radar energy, and features such as internal wea...
Typical radar cross section (RCS) values cluster by platform type but vary by design era, viewing aspect and measurement conditions: non‑stealth fighters commonly range from a few to tens of square me...
Weapons and initial spares packages routinely raise the headline “per‑unit” price of modern fighters by a material margin because contracts bundle munitions, repair parts, ground support, training and...
Clean-airframe drag favors designs that carry weapons internally and have compact, low-friction shapes; the F‑35's internal bays and faceted stealth shaping therefore give it the lowest drag and radar...
Retiring the A-10 fleet without a comparable close air support (CAS) replacement would create measurable capability gaps in low-altitude, highly responsive firepower, and institutional expertise for s...
Since 2000, organized defense lobbying—through campaign contributions, hundreds of lobbyists, revolving-door hires, and targeted pressure on armed services and appropriations committees—has demonstrab...
Saab’s public pitch to Canada emphasizes guaranteed price certainty, industrial offsets (claims of 6,000–10,000 Canadian jobs) and lower sustainment and operating costs versus the F‑35; Saab’s Canada-...