{"id":3480,"date":"2023-05-10T16:40:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/?p=3480"},"modified":"2023-05-13T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-13T19:57:29","slug":"gripen-e-production-line-inaugurated-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/10\/gripen-e-production-line-inaugurated-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"Gripen E production line inaugurated in Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto- Brazil, May 9, 2023 \u2013<\/strong>Embraer and Saab today have inaugurated the production line of the Gripen E in Brazil, at Embraer\u00b4s plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto (S\u00e3o Paulo State). This is an important milestone in the technology transfer program and the companies’ commitment to work together on new business opportunities.\u00a0The event was attended by the President of Brazil, Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva, the Minister of Defense, Jos\u00e9 Mucio Monteiro Filho, and the Brazilian Air Force Commander, Lieutenant-Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno, among other important civil and military authorities. and representatives of different sectors of Brazilian society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inauguration of the final assembly line, which is the only one for Gripen E outside of Sweden, marks the delivery of one the most significant contributions to the Gripen fighter ecosystem in Brazil. The Embraer plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto with the Gripen Design and Development Network (GDDN), the Gripen Flight Test Center (GFTC), and now the assembly line, is home to the development, production, and testing stages of the aircraft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo by Ricardo Stuckert \/ PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Since the signing of the contract to supply 36 fighters – Gripen E (single seater) and eight Gripen F (twin seater) – to the Brazilian Air Force in 2014, Embraer and Saab have been working together on the largest ongoing technology transfer project in the country. Recently, with the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding between the companies, the production line has also become an opportunity for new business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday we celebrate not only the inauguration of the Gripen fighter production line, but the success of the collaboration between Saab and Embraer, which grows stronger every day with the common goal of serving our client, the Brazilian Air Force. Since the beginning, Embraer has played a relevant role in the Gripen program, participating, for instance, in the development of the Brazilian version of the twin-seater aircraft. As a natural evolution of this relationship, we hope that soon we can together expand our business into new markets,\u201d<\/em> said Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO, Embraer Defense & Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe start of operations of the Gripen production line marks our commitment to transfer technology and knowledge to Brazilian industry. Here, we will produce 15 of the 36 aircraft currently contracted to the Brazilian Air Force. The aim is also to produce here any future Gripen orders from Brazil as well as other countries. We want Brazil to become an export hub to Latin America and potentially other regions\u201d<\/em>, said Micael Johansson, President and CEO of Saab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The start of production of the F-39 Gripen aircraft in Brazil symbolizes the achievement of an ambitious project that translates itself into technology transfer, job creation and the consequent development of Brazil’s aerospace sector. Thanks to a solid partnership between the Air Force, Saab, and Embraer, we are now part of the select group of countries that have the capability to build supersonic aircraft. Congratulations to all involved!\u201d<\/em>, said the Brazilian Air Force Commander, Lieutenant-Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The production line at Embraer receives the aerostructures produced at the Saab plants in Link\u00f6ping (Sweden) and S\u00e3o Bernardo do Campo (S\u00e3o Paulo State, Brazil). On the assembly line the fighter aircraft will be produced by the joining of these aerostructures, the installation of cabling, equipment of various systems, landing gear, avionics, tactical equipment, canopy, ejection seat and engine. Once a Gripen is completed, functional tests and production flights are carried out to prepare the aircraft for final delivery. The Embraer plant will be responsible for producing fifteen Gripen E fighters. If things go\u00a0forward well, units assembled in Brazil will be delivered from 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To acquire the necessary skills for the production of supersonic fighter jets in Brazil, Embraer technicians carried out theoretical and practical training \u2013 on-the-job training – at Saab in Link\u00f6ping, Sweden. There they worked side by side with Swedish employees to produce the aircraft that have already been shipped to Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lately, interest for the new F-39 fighter produced in Brazil came from Colombia, now in need of a rapid replacement of its\u00a0ageing and reduced fleet of Israeli-made Kfirs today approaching\u00a0retirement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto- Brazil, May 9, 2023 \u2013Embraer and Saab today have inaugurated the production line of the Gripen E in Brazil, at Embraer\u00b4s plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto (S\u00e3o Paulo State). This is an important milestone in the technology transfer program and the companies’ commitment to work together on new business opportunities.\u00a0The event was attended by<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[46,193,277,303,304,465],"class_list":["post-3480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-defense","tag-embraer","tag-saab","tag-brazil","tag-fab","tag-gripen","tag-gpx"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3480"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3488,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3480\/revisions\/3488"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}