SAAB JAS 39 Gripen
single-seat all-weather fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft
Specifications
- Origin
- Sweden
- Type
- single-seat all-weather fighter, attack and reconnaissance aircraft
- Maximum Speed
- maximum speed supersonic at all altitudes
- Maximum Range
- 3,250 km / 2,020 miles
- Dimensions
- span 8.00 m / 26 ft 3 in
length 14.10 m / 46 ft 3 in
height 4.70 m / 15 ft 5 in - Weight
- empty 6,622 kg / 14,600 lb
max. take-off 12,473 kg /
27,500 lb - Powerplant
- one 8210-kg (18,100-lb) afterburning thrust Volvo Flygmotor RM12 turbofan
Armament
one 27-mm Mauser BK27 cannon; provision for Sky Flash and Sidewinder AAMs, Maverick ASMs, Rb15F anti-ship missiles, bombs, cluster bombs, rocket-launcher pods, reconnaissance pods, drop tanks and ECM pods carried on six external hardpoints