
Saab-Brazil. Brazil awards Saab a $5.3 billion contract for the development and production of 36 Gripen NG fighter jets, according to a company statement. Saab and Brazil also sign a 10-year industrial cooperation contract to transfer technology from Saab to Brazilian industry. Brazil in December 2013 selected Saab over Boeing’s F/A-18 and Dassault’s Rafale, according to media reports at the time, in what was known as the F-X2 competition. The 36 Gripens include 28 single-seat and eight two-seat jets and…