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Saab confirms negociations with Portugal for Gripen as an alternative to F-35 (cnnportugal.iol.pt)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (3 children)

it used to have a volvo engine but volvo aero got absorbed into a british conglomerate about 10 years ago.

point being, we can make the switch again.

[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The EU can (or rather, could) potentially make lots of things, the question is if there is sufficient political will to do it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago

French multinational Safran is still making engines for airliners (with GE), Rafale fighters and Ariane rockets (with Airbus).

[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago

Recent events have increased political will significantly.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The Volvo one was a license built US engine.

If they want European the choice is the EJ200 that's on the Eurofighter. It's a little less powerful than the US one they're using, probably why they choose the is one. But apparently has room to become more powerful if they take on additional design work.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

i don't know how much of the f404 was left in the rm12, it was pretty extensively modified.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It doesn't matter, it is still the foundation of the engine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Never build an airplane without a powerplant.

Sincerely, F-14

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I don't get it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

The original variant (A) of the F-14 was a turd because they built the aircraft before the actual intended powerplant was available. The engine it got was underpowered and temperamental and resulted in flameouts.

There's been several other aircraft that have been designed and built and then had the program scrapped because the engine to match the airframe never actually made it through development and/or certification.

If you start designing an airplane before you have a proper powerplant selected, it's probably gonna fail.