{"id":195,"date":"2020-03-05T17:24:20","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/?p=195"},"modified":"2020-03-05T17:24:20","modified_gmt":"2020-03-05T17:24:20","slug":"saab-announces-gripen-for-canada-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/saab-announces-gripen-for-canada-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Saab Announces \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saab is bidding for Canada\u2019s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) and today announced that leading Canadian aerospace companies IMP Aerospace & Defence, CAE, Peraton Canada and GE Aviation are the \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Saab is offering Gripen E, with the support of the Swedish government, for Canada\u2019s future fighter requirement of 88 new aircraft to replace the Royal Canadian Air Force\u2019s existing CF-18 Hornet fighter fleet. The Canadian Request for Proposal requires companies to deliver high-quality industrial and technological benefits, such as Saab has demonstrated with Gripen for Brazil and is offering for Finland and India\u2019s fighter requirements.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Saab\u2019s bid to the Government of Canada will include a comprehensive proposal to deliver those benefits, with high quality jobs and technology, adding greater economic value and knowledge across Canadian industry coast to coast. Today\u2019s announcement is the first step toward achieving this offer with IMP Aerospace & Defence, CAE, Peraton Canada and GE Aviation as the \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past two years, Saab and the Swedish Government have been encouraged by Canada\u2019s open and transparent competition to replace its fighter fleet. Today, we are delighted to announce the \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019. We have assembled a dynamic roster of innovative leaders within Canada\u2019s aerospace industry, across multiple regions to offer the best solution for Canada\u2019s future fighter,\u201d said Jonas Hjelm, Senior Vice President and head of Business Area Aeronautics. He further stated that, \u201cSaab is committed to securing long-term relationships in Canada that will create a significant number of highly-skilled, sustainable jobs for Canadians within domestic and international supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n

IMP Aerospace & Defence will contribute with in-country production and in-service support for the life of the Canadian Gripen fleet. CAE will provide training and mission systems solutions, while Peraton Canada will provide avionic and test equipment component maintenance, repair and overhaul, and material management. GE Aviation will provide and sustain the fighter\u2019s engines in Canada.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019 presents a genuine \u2018Made in Canada\u2019 solution and looks forward to demonstrating how Gripen is the best value for Canada\u2019s aerospace industry and taxpayers in terms of life-cycle costs and sustainment throughout the FFCP competition. Saab\u2019s Gripen fighter meets all of Canada\u2019s specific defence requirements, offering exceptional performance, advanced technical capabilities, future-proof upgradeability and NATO interoperability.<\/p>\n

For further information, please contact:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Saab Press Centre,<\/em><\/p>\n

+46 (0)734\u00a0180\u00a0018<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

02 March 2020 Saab is bidding for Canada\u2019s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) and today announced that leading Canadian aerospace companies IMP Aerospace & Defence, CAE, Peraton Canada and GE Aviation are the \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019. Saab is offering Gripen E, with the support of the Swedish government, for Canada\u2019s future fighter requirement of … Continue reading Saab Announces \u2018Gripen for Canada Team\u2019<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impaerospaceanddefence.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}