Saab Gripen Update Farnborough July 15

LENNART SINDAHL Deputy CEO Saab AB GRIPEN UPDATE - FARNBOROUGH 2014

Gripen E Programme Update

Gripen On The Future Battlefield

Gripen Beyond 2025

Saab’s Strategic Airpower Roadmap

Conclusions

AGENDA

TODAY’S GRIPEN IS ALREADY

TOMORROW’S FIGHTER

We continue to upgrade and enhance the current

Gripen generation. It is already the world’s most

flexible and adaptable fighter design.

Addition of operational Meteor capability in

2014/2015 makes Gripen the most formidable

counter air platform in service, anywhere.

MS20 will further expand its range of operational

capabilities, not only Meteor but also SDB,

enhanced EW, enhanced radar modes…

All development experience feeds into Gripen E

and vice versa – the generations evolve around

each other.

2019 2020 2021 2022 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013

Training, support and maintenance systems

Aircraft deliveries

39-7 39-8 39-9 39-10

Test aircraft

Version

21

Version

22 Development and verification

GRIPEN E PROGRAMME

Certification

Tactical rigs

GRIPEN DEMO/TEST AIRCRAFT 39-7

Technical summary Gripen 39-7

• First flight on May 27 2008

• 281 sorties performed, 274 hours flown

• Flight envelope (highlights)

• Supercruise

• Leh airbase India, altitude 3,300 m

Current operations Gripen 39-7

• IRST initial flight test concluded further trials ongoing

• AESA production-standard radar initial flight test

concluded and further trials ongoing

Rigs and simulators Main purpose: Open architecture avionics, general vehicle systems

Status: Ongoing test

39-7 Main purpose: Avionics, AESA, IRST

Status: Ongoing flight test

39-8 Main purpose: Airframe, vehicle systems and FCS development and verification

Status:

• Systems and airframe at CDR-level

• Manufacturing of parts ongoing

• Assembly initiated

39-9 Main purpose: Tactical systems development and verification

Status:

• All systems defined

• Parts manufacturing ongoing

39-10 Main purpose: Final verification of 39E airframe (weight reduction + full life) and systems

Status:

• Systems design initiated

• Airframe

GRIPEN E TEST ASSETS

Survivability New sensors

IRST, AESA-radar

General System Upgrade

Increased payload

Communication

Performance New engine F414G

Increased Range Increased internal fuel

New Avionic system New architecture

New Displays

New Computers

HMI/Sensor fusion

GRIPEN E STRENGTHENED CAPABILITIES

’FIFTH GENERATION’ VERSUS THE GRIPEN

Narrow-band stealth through fixed, unadaptable

airframe design.

Weapons load severely compromised by design.

Providers rigidly controlled.

Airframe design compromises guarantee sub-

optimal flight performance.

Minimal EW provision.

Connectivity with any other forces unknown.

System control conceded to foreign

government/corporation.

Massive, complicated, expensive and unreliable

logistical footprint at large facilities, probably not

under your control.

Unbelievable acquisition and operational costs.

Balanced signature with multi-role, adaptable

airframe.

Total freedom in weapons choice, supplier,

integration and configuration.

No engine/airframe design compromises,

performance drove the design.

Maximum EW provision.

Connectivity with all other forces, air, land and

sea: guaranteed.

National sovereignty guaranteed with handover

of full software ownership.

Tiny operational and support footprint from

warbase/roadbase if required, with full

ownership and oversight.

Unbelievable acquisition and operational costs.

A WORD ON…

COUNTER-STEALTH

Stealthy fighters are not invisible.

- just more difficult to detect at certain RF frequencies.

Low signatures at VHF/UHF frequencies are very

difficult to achieve.

The limitations of ‘stealthy’ design, particularly when it

comes to rigid, airframe shaping, are now well

understood. It’s not a secret and technology (different

radars, better processing, sensor fusion) will defeat

stealth… it may already have.

We can see that advanced IR sensors fused with AESA

radars will be very useful for counter-stealth detection

and targeting, over significant ranges.

Nebo SVU VHF Digital AESA

Tikhomirov NIIP L-Band AESA

IR image (@ Farnborough Air Show)

GRIPEN ON THE FUTURE

BATTLEFIELD

SCENARIO 1 – SILENT BATTLEFIELD

Combat and survival in the hostile RF arena

SCENARIO 2 – MULTI-ROLE 2.0

Deploy new weapons to maximum effect

SCENARIO 3 – DECENTRALISATION

Dispersed basing

SCENARIO 1 – THE SILENT BATTLEFIELD Hide and fight in a hostile, intense RF environment.

High-speed, flexible, secure and effectively unjammable datalinks allow a few

aircraft to provide the eyes for the many.

In datalinked, loose formations can provide co-operative targeting of weapons and

co-operative jamming over wide areas.

Gripen can rely on accurate target data from passive sensors • IRST, passive radar, ESM

• Enablers

• Improved angular accuracy

• Enhanced sensitivity – detection range, LPI-modes

• Improved computational capacity – low FAR, LPI-modes, predictions

Aircraft connectivity provides protection from hostile passive sensors • Operate in cloud, but maintain complete SA

• Silent behaviour

• Electronic emission control

THE SILENT BATTLEFIELD THE CHALLENGE:

STAY QUIET AND COVERT UNTIL YOU’RE READY TO STRIKE

You will need:

Active tactics with

passive sensors

– not simple stealth

New or enhanced

sensors and

datalinks

You will need:

Smart communication

between air land and sea,

remaining always undetected

and unjammed

THE SILENT BATTLEFIELD THE GRIPEN SOLUTION:

COVERT OPERATIONS AND ADVANCED SENSOR INTEGRATION

Gripen features:

State-of-the-art sensor

suite with aircraft

operating ‘nose cold’

Multi-sensor fusion and

control, from multiple

sources, shared on

‘fighter link’

Open, flexible platform

and balanced design

Ground-based and airborne

surveillance provides situational

awareness and target location

Smart, directional communication

between fighters and surveillance

SCENARIO 2 – MULTI-ROLE 2.0 Multi-role aircraft with multi-functions weapons, supported by an advanced onboard

targeting sensor suite.

The future is… modular weapons

• Different seekers, fuzes, warheads -- swapped before each mission

• Development demands low-cost testing integration and manufacturing

The future is… multi-target weapons

• Same missile for DEAD and air-to-air

• Same missile for air-to-ground and anti-ship missions

The future is… intelligent weapons

• Communication between weapons

• Weapons with ESM and ECM, i.e. ’MALD with warhead’

• Weapons with sub-weapons– loitering cruise missile with multiple payloads

• ISR capability in the weapon

In a future where weapons capability will need to constantly evolve to meet new threats,

only Gripen provides an affordable path to rapid (and successful) integration of new

airborne weapons

MULTI-ROLE 2.0 THE CHALLENGE:

BE PREPARED TO CARRY NEW PAYLOADS… THAT HAVEN’T BEEN INVENTED YET

You will need:

The ability to quickly and safely

integrate new payloads

Maximum envelope clearance at

minimum cost

A multirole platform that can fully

support evolving weapons and tactics

Airframe flexability to carry new and

challenging loads

Onboard sensors and systems that can

support new modes of operation

MULTI-ROLE 2.0 THE GRIPEN SOLUTION:

FAST, EFFICIENT AND SAFE FUTURE PAYLOAD INTEGRATION

The flexible Gripen platform provides:

Proven speedy integration of

new payloads from multiple sources

Sovereign control of weapons options

and applications

Unrivalled multi-role and

multi-sensor fusion capabilities,

properly adapted to operators needs

A cost-efficient way to increase combat power

and survivability

SCENARIO 3 – DECENTRALISATION Flexible basing is the key to survivability. In a conflict, air bases are little more than

large, expensive targets.

Against a serious opponent, forces need to deploy to survive, but don’t want to

admit this.

Increasingly, air forces also need to deploy air power to areas where there is little

or no infrastructure.

Dispersed basing provides protection from attack and a highly flexible and

unpredictable response to aggressors.

Dispersed basing allows small air forces to cover wide areas and/or diverse terrain.

It gives commanders freedom of movement and the ability to act within a short

decision cycle.

Dispersed basing demands a mastery of secure comms and close datalink

integration.

DECENTRALISATION THE CHALLENGE:

SECURE YOUR AIRPOWER, AND YOUR NATION, AGAINST DETIRMINED ATTACK

Requirement:

Maximise effectiveness of available aircraft

Easily redeploy to alternate bases

Sustain operations from austere

locations

Rapidly reconfigure existing aircraft

Retain command and control

authority over all forces

DECENTRALISATION THE GRIPEN SOLUTION:

HIGHLY AVAILABLE, FAST-MOVING UNITS, ALTERNATE DEPLOYABILITY

Gripen features:

A high sortie rate over extended periods of operation

Very small logistic footprint

True multi-role capacity combined with very short

turnaround times

Reliable connectivity with other dispersed forces and

command authority

IN BRIEF… SCENARIO 1 – SILENT BATTLEFIELD

THE GRIPEN SOLUTION: Covert operations and advanced sensor integration.

Smart use of emitting and non-emitting sensors with datalinked tactics over a very wide

battlefront.

SCENARIO 2 – MULTI-ROLE 2.0

THE GRIPEN SOLUTION: Fast, efficient and safe future payload integration.

Without weapons fighters are worthless. Gripen keeps air forces future-proof by adapting

swiftly to new requirements.

SCENARIO 3 – DECENTRALISATION

THE GRIPEN SOLUTION: Highly available, fast-moving units, alternate deployability.

Stay on the move, stay alive and always be flexible for contingency ops.

GRIPEN E+/F+

SEA GRIPEN

UNMANNED

PAST EXPERIENCE FOR FUTURE SUCCESS

GRIPEN A/B

GRIPEN C/D DEMONSTRATOR

2040+

Gripen facilitates continuous

stepwise upgrades to meet

capability requirements

GRIPEN E/F

GRIPEN C/D+

FUTURE AIRLINERS

NEW COOPERATIONS

MANNED AND UNMANNED FCAS

AERONAUTICS ROADMAP

GRIPEN

ADVANCED TRAINER

SURVEILLANCE UAS TACTICAL UAS

NEW CONCEPTS

SYSTEMS

AEROSTRUCTURES

STRUCTURE & PRODUCTION

CAPABILITIES AND R&T

DEMONSTRATORS SYSTEMS

STRUCTURE & PRODUCTION

SYSTEM OF SYSTEMS

NEW CONCEPTS

C/D E A/B F E/F+

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CONCLUSIONS

Saab is now the guarantor of Sweden’s defence technology and a unique provider of complete,

fully integrated, strategic and tactical systems in the air, on land, at sea … and soon, under the

sea.

Gripen is at the heart of that strategic technology offering.

Gripen has a clearly defined and properly funded development path for decades.

It continues to be the world’s only fighter programme to move forward on time and on budget.

Gripen is the Smart Fighter, remaining totally operationally relevent throughout the 21st century.

Saab will continue to provide a truly effective, affordable and sovereign choice – with a product

that actually works.

For a smart customer, Gripen is the only viable way to sustain your effective air power over the

coming decades.

Saab Gripen Update Farnborough July 15

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