{"id":2243197,"date":"2026-06-18T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T07:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/saab-gripen-f-rollout-brazil-two-seat-fighter-linkoping-2026\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:16:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T08:16:29","slug":"saab-gripen-f-rollout-brazil-two-seat-fighter-linkoping-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/saab-gripen-f-rollout-brazil-two-seat-fighter-linkoping-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab Rolls Out the World&#8217;s First Gripen F Two-Seat Fighter"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\n\n<p>On the second of June, under the pale Swedish summer sky of Link\u00f6ping, Saab pulled back the curtain on something the fighter aviation world has been watching for years: the Gripen F, the world&#8217;s first two-seat variant of the Gripen E-series. The ceremony, hosted at Saab&#8217;s facilities in the city that has built Swedish fighters since the Second World War, drew an audience that included Saab CEO Micael Johansson, Brazilian Minister of Defence Jos\u00e9 M\u00facio, Swedish Defence Minister P\u00e5l Jonson, and the commander of the Brazilian Air Force, Lieutenant-Brigadier Marcelo Kanitz Damasceno.<\/p>\n\n<p>This was not merely a rollout \u2014 it was the culmination of a decade-long industrial partnership between Sweden and Brazil, one that has trained hundreds of Brazilian engineers and technicians while producing a fighter jet that both nations can call partly their own. The Gripen F will carry the Brazilian designation F-39F, and when it enters operational service, it will be the most advanced two-seat fighter produced in Europe outside the Eurofighter Typhoon programme.<\/p>\n\n<p>For Saab, the timing could not be better. With Gripen orders now confirmed from Thailand and Colombia, and Ukraine taking steps toward acquisition, the Gripen F transforms from a Brazilian bespoke into a genuine multi-customer product.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;border-radius:8px;margin:20px 0 28px\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px\">Quick Facts<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0;padding-left:20px;line-height:1.8\">\n<li><strong>Aircraft:<\/strong> Saab Gripen F \u2014 two-seat variant of the Gripen E<\/li>\n<li><strong>Rollout:<\/strong> 2 June 2026, Link\u00f6ping, Sweden<\/li>\n<li><strong>Launch customer:<\/strong> Brazilian Air Force (FAB), designation F-39F<\/li>\n<li><strong>Contract:<\/strong> 36 aircraft total \u2014 28 Gripen E + 8 Gripen F (signed 2014)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Delivered so far:<\/strong> 11 aircraft to Brazil since 2020<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions:<\/strong> 15.9 m length (+70 cm over Gripen E), 8.6 m wingspan, 16,500 kg MTOW<\/li>\n<li><strong>Engine:<\/strong> GE F414G turbofan, 98 kN afterburning thrust<\/li>\n<li><strong>Additional orders:<\/strong> Thailand and Colombia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">More Than a Trainer With Two Seats<\/h2>\n\n<p>One must dispel immediately the reflex to call the Gripen F a &#8220;training variant.&#8221; That framing misses the point entirely. Unlike the two-seat versions of older fighters \u2014 the F-16D, the MiG-29UB \u2014 which sacrificed fuel, range, or weapons stations to accommodate an instructor, the Gripen F was designed from inception as a <em>combat aircraft<\/em> that happens to seat two.<\/p>\n\n<p>The airframe retains the Gripen E&#8217;s maximum take-off weight of 16,500 kilograms. It uses the same General Electric F414G turbofan engine, delivering 98 kN of afterburning thrust. The avionics suite, including the Selex ES-05 Raven AESA radar and the comprehensive electronic warfare system, remains identical. What the second cockpit provides is not a compromise \u2014 it is operational flexibility: a weapons systems officer for complex strike missions, a mission commander for networked operations, or yes, an instructor for conversion training.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.6\">&#8220;Unlike traditional two-seat fighters that primarily serve training purposes, the Gripen F was conceived as a fully combat-capable aircraft capable of conducting the same operational missions as the single-seat Gripen E while providing additional operational flexibility through a second crew member.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Saab Defence<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px;color:#666\">Official Gripen F programme description<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The single concession is the internal Mauser BK27 cannon, which is omitted to accommodate the extended fuselage. The Gripen F&#8217;s length grows by 70 centimetres, from 15.2 to 15.9 metres. Everything else \u2014 the 10 weapon stations, the data-link architecture, the in-flight refuelling capability \u2014 carries over.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-opt-id=103002183  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:xX60.c04f\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/06\/link-ping-sweden-saab-gripen-f-rollout-city.jpg\" alt=\"Link\u00f6ping, Sweden, where Saab held the historic Gripen F rollout ceremony on 2 June 2026\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Link\u00f6ping, Sweden \u2014 the home of Saab&#8217;s fighter jet production and the site of the Gripen F rollout ceremony on 2 June 2026.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Brazil&#8217;s Fighter, Sweden&#8217;s Engineering<\/h2>\n\n<p>The Gripen F story is inseparable from the broader Brazil-Sweden defence relationship. When Bras\u00edlia signed the 2014 contract for 36 Gripens \u2014 28 single-seat Es and eight two-seat Fs \u2014 it was not simply buying aircraft. It was buying a technology transfer programme of remarkable scope. Hundreds of Brazilian engineers rotated through Saab&#8217;s facilities in Link\u00f6ping. Embraer established a Gripen production line in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto. The first Brazilian-assembled Gripen E was unveiled earlier in 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p>This partnership has made Brazil the only nation outside Sweden with deep structural knowledge of the Gripen platform. It has also given Saab a foothold in Latin America&#8217;s largest defence market and, more importantly, a co-development partner whose ambitions keep pushing the programme forward. The Brazilian government has announced plans to invest 2.1 billion reais in the Gripen programme in 2026 alone, and reports suggest Bras\u00edlia is eyeing an additional order of 20 Gripens to replace its ageing F-5 fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.6\">&#8220;The roll-out of Gripen F represents a shared achievement between Saab, Brazilian industry and the Brazilian Air Force, reflecting the deep trust we have built together over many years. It represents not only a highly capable fighter for the Brazilian air force, but also the tangible outcome of sustained joint development and shared ambition.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Lars Tossman<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:14px;color:#666\">Head of Business Area Aeronautics, Saab<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Growing Order Book<\/h2>\n\n<p>Perhaps the most strategically significant detail to emerge from the Link\u00f6ping ceremony was confirmation that the Gripen F&#8217;s customer list now extends beyond Brazil. Thailand and Colombia have both placed orders for the two-seat variant, turning what began as a Brazilian requirement into a multi-nation programme.<\/p>\n\n<p>Saab CEO Micael Johansson expressed confidence during the press conference that Colombia will maintain its order despite an upcoming change of government. He also offered an intriguing aside: Saab is developing unmanned aerial vehicles that will fly in the near future, raising the prospect of manned-unmanned teaming operations with the Gripen as the command platform.<\/p>\n\n<p>With Ukraine and Sweden taking formal steps toward a Gripen acquisition \u2014 and Canada recently revisiting its fighter options \u2014 the Gripen E\/F family may be entering the most commercially productive period in its history. The two-seat variant gives Saab something its main competitors in the light-fighter market have struggled to offer: a modern, fully combat-capable tandem cockpit without the political complexity of an American or European consortium programme.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QpLzhpTgmB0\" title=\"Saab Shows Off The Very First Gripen F In Sweden\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QpLzhpTgmB0?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe hcb-fetch-image-from=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4m7NgQrSSRM\" title=\"Rollout do Gripen F - Entrevista com o Ministro da Defesa do Brasil\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4m7NgQrSSRM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Sources: Saab Press Release, FlightGlobal, Defence Blog, Airforce Technology, Nordic Defence Sector, Aviation A2Z, Army Recognition<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/saab-37-viggen-swedens-canard-pioneer\/\">The Saab 37 Viggen: Sweden&#8217;s Canard Pioneer<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/what-happens-fighter-jet-engine-failure-flameout\/\">What Happens When a Fighter Jet&#8217;s Engine Fails<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/ila-berlin-2026-ravenstorm-aw249-racer-defence-pivot\/\">ILA Berlin Opens: Ravenstorm, AW249, and Europe&#8217;s Defence Pivot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the second of June, under the pale Swedish summer sky of Link\u00f6ping, Saab pulled back the curtain on something the fighter aviation world has been watching for years: the Gripen F, the world&#8217;s first two-seat variant of the Gripen E-series. 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