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most of the people won't even accepting that Grien NG is ready , but now SAAB also coming at Aero2011 with three fighters...
Let me try to explain the difference once again!
Gripen NG tech demonstrator (modfied Gripen):
Available now!
Gripen E/F prototype, or final Gripen IN version:
Available on paper, or drawings!
...The next configuration, MS 21, is being defined, but it is clear that MS 21 is in fact the NG, with the General Electric F414G engine; modified airframe; Selex Galileo Raven ES-05 active, electronically scanned array (AESA) radar; Skyward-G infrared search and track (IRST) system; and new core avionics.
Selex’s Raven 1000P radar prototype is flying on the Gripen Demo and a ground rig is testing the innovative avionics in which flight-critical functions are partitioned so mission capabilities can be added more quickly through the fighter’s life.
The government is funding development of the definitive NG, which the independent defense procurement agency FMV calls JAS 39E/F. (A contract for the avionics system was issued in May.) The production version will have a larger wingspan and area, and the landing gear will be fully integrated with the wing (on the Demo, gear loads are taken through the wing and fuselage). Maximum takeoff weight has been increased (compared with earlier NG proposals) by 1,100 lb. to 36,400 lb...
...The Demo prototype completed 152 flight-test sorties by mid-June, Rosen said, and a successful demonstration in India in May (the company previously performed demonstrations with the C/D version in India), including a landing and engine restart at Leh airfield in Kashmir, 10,800 ft. above sea level.
https://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gen...s/dti/2010/07/01/DT_07_01_2010_p41-236114.xml