UK throws weight behind Saab's Gripen F-X2 bid

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The UK government is pushing the Saab JAS 39 Gripen NG to win Brazil's F-X2 competition to provide the country's air force (Forca Aerea Brasileira - FAB) with 36 next-generation fighter aircraft.rnSpeaking in London on 4 November, Tony Ogilvy, vice-president, International Marketing for Gripen, said the UK government decided to throw its weight behind the Swedish company's bid when the Selex Galileo active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, which is being developed in Edinburgh, Scotland, was chosen for the new platform.