Flygsystem 2020
TheFlygsystem 2020( "Flight System 2020", abbreviatedFS 2020) is an ongoing project by theSwedish Air Forceto develop afifth-generationlow-observablefighter jetby 2035.[1][2]Little public information exists about the project; there are no official statements about the current stage of development, although a video claims to show a miniature prototype test.[3]In 2012,Lieutenant ColonelLars Helmrich of the Swedish Air Force asked members of theRiksdagto consider the development of a new jet fighter or to upgrade all presentJAS 39multirole fighters to theNG model,claiming the early versions of the aircraft will be obsolete by 2020.[4]
TheSaab/Linköping UniversityGeneric Future Fighter project[5][6][7]is a testbed for its technologies.
Partnership[edit]
During a state visit of thePresident of Turkeyto Sweden on 13 March 2013, Türk Havacılık ve Uzay Sanayii AŞ (Turkish Aerospace Industries,TAI) signed an agreement with Sweden's Saab to provide design support services toTurkeyfor theTAI TFXprogram.[8][9][10][11]
However, the collaboration with Turkey was under pressure due to Turkey being removed from theJoint Strike Fighter program.To tackle this, in July 2019 the Swedish government signed amemorandum of understandingwith theUnited Kingdomto jointly develop technologies for the BritishBAE Systems Tempestsixth-generation stealth fighter program; these technologies may be integrated to Sweden's own Flygsystem 2020 project.[12]This was extended to includeItalyin December 2020.[13]
On 9 December 2022, the UK,Japanand Italy merged their sixth-generation fighter jet projects, creating theGlobal Combat Air Programme (GCAP).Japan and Sweden signed an agreement on possible future cooperation in the GCAP program in late December.[14]
References[edit]
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- ^Limén, Helene (2007),Rapport från Riksdagen[Report from the Parliament] (in Swedish), Försvarsutskottets ansvarsområde, p. 31, 08:RFR8.
- ^wellerocks (2010),"Swedish Stealth Fighter Jet",Youtube,Google, archived fromthe originalon 2017-03-29,retrieved2016-11-27.
- ^"Gripen has to be modernized to meet air battles",Ny Teknik,SE.
- ^Erripis, Ioannis K (Apr 15, 2013),"Saab's new stealth fighter program",Aerospace,Robot pig,
Saab is investigating the design of the next generation fighter that will someday eventually replace the Gripen. […] a small research program that Saab is conduction with the University of Linköping. […] It looks similar to the Gripen and the main difference is the V-tail
. - ^Glowacki, Bartosz (Jul 13, 2010),"Saab plots bright future for Gripen programme",Flight global,Farnborough,UK:Reed, Sweden to advance Generic future fighter concept,
Sweden's decades-long history of innovation in the aerospace sector is also evidenced by its Generic Future Fighter (GFF) concept. Developed by the Fluid and Mechatronic Systems division at Linköping University's department of Management and Engineering, the design has a Gripen-like fuselage with canards and canted tails.
- ^Nordin, Peter; Jouannet, Christopher; Krus, Petter (Aug 30, 2011),Flumes Flies a Demonstrator of a Generic Future Fighter Aircraft,SE: LIU, archived fromthe originalon April 4, 2015,retrievedFebruary 25,2014.
- ^"Ekonomi"[Economy],Hurriyet(in Turkish),TR.
- ^"Bets open on Turkey´s first fighter aircraft",Hurriyet daily news,TR.
- ^"Turkiye Saab ile masaya oturdu"[Saab was on the table with Turkey],Dunya(in Turkish), TR, archived fromthe originalon 2013-04-15.
- ^"Turkey to replace F-16s with local jets",Hürriyet daily news,TR.
- ^"La Suède serait sur le point d'annoncer sa participation au programme Tempest britannique"[Sweden would be just about to announce its participation in the British Tempest program],Meta defense(in French), 2019-07-06
- ^"Italy, UK and Sweden sign MoU on development of Tempest".Janes.com.Retrieved2023-10-15.
- ^"Japan, Sweden sign deal for possible GCAP co-operation".Janes.com.Retrieved2023-10-15.