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Saab starts Gripen Production in Brazil

Saab's first aerostructures plant outside of Sweden for the new Gripen E/F fighter, reaches another important milestone with the start of production. This site builds sections of Gripen, which will then be delivered to the final assembly facilities at the Embraer plant in Gavião Peixoto, São Paulo, Brazil and to Saab in Linköping, Sweden.

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In 2014, Saab signed a contract with Brazilian government for the development and production of 36 Gripen E/F aircraft. In September last year, the first Brazilian Gripen E aircraft was delivered to start the flight test programme. Now, another milestone is reached, as Gripen production starts at Saab's site in São Bernardo do Campo, a city in the metropolitan area of São Paulo in Brazil.

The tail cone and forward fuselage of the single-seat version of the Gripen fighter are the first aerostructures to enter into production at Saab's site in São Paulo. Subsequently, the air brakes, rear fuselage, wing box and forward fuselage for the two-seater version will also be manufactured there. 

"This is another outcome of the Transfer of Technology (ToT) of the Gripen programme. Based on theoretical and practical on-the-job training of Brazilian engineers and assemblers at Saab in Linköping, we were able to establish a highly qualified production line , following the same standards that we have in our factory in Sweden," says Jonas Hjelm, head of Saab's business area Aeronautics.

Currently, the factory has more than 70 highly qualified employees, half of whom are participating or have already participated in the ToT Programme in Sweden. Part of these employees have already completed the training and returned to initiate the production in Brazil.

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