For the first time, Sweden has deployed its advanced Gripen fighter jets to help defend NATO’s airspace. Sweden Joins NATO’s ...

While it is an older jet than the Saab JAS 39 Gripen (it first flew in 1974 while the Gripen flew in 1988), it has been ...

Saab said in a statement the total order value for the NG Gripen jets, to be delivered between 2019 and 2024, was around 39.3 billion Swedish crowns (5.4 billion).

Last November, Colombia announced it would move forward with plans to acquire the Swedish-made Saab JAS 39 Gripen multirole fighter, while Brazil increased its order for the jets by 25%.