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  A magazine from
  Gripen International
  September 2006
                                            SUCCESS STORY: SOUTH AFRICA




                         On target!
                           Gripen delivers the goods.




      Success                                Cleared for
How Gripen is a catalyst
      for South African
                                                Take Off
      economic growth.                         South Africa’s first Gripen
                                               has arrived and is getting
                                                       down to business.
Gripen succe
    A catalyst for industrial partnerships and
    economic growth
    Offset began as a crude form of barter exchange. Today, it has evolved into a so-
    phisticated, proven and widely-practiced method for leveraging economic growth
    from strategic national procurements, including the purchase of items such as
    Gripen fighters. So how is it benefiting South Africa?



    Industrial Participation the Gripen way.                        South African delivery.

    No two countries have identical offset requirements. Some        In South Africa, Gripen’s shareholders have established a
    nations prefer investment in infrastructure, some seek          dedicated team comprising experts in various industrial
    work-share on specific industrial programmes, while others,      sectors, who work in close consultation with the South
    among which South Africa is a leader, look for a spread of      African Department of Trade & Industry and Armscor (the
    activity that demands a combination of investments, skills      State defence industry procurement agency) to identify and
    development, technology transfer and jobs, all focussed on      implement suitable Industrial Participation projects. Since
    expanding or launching sustainable new export-oriented          2000, this team have implemented numerous Industrial
    manufacturing ventures across an array of industrial sectors.   Participation projects in the aerospace and defence industry
    Many of these are outside the defence or aerospace business.    and more than 40 in sectors such as gold and platinum ben-
                                                                    eficiation, automotive component manufacturing, timber
    Gripen, through the supply chains, networks and resources       product exports, tourism development, bio-technology,
    of its shareholders, Saab AB, BAE Systems and their respec-     medical research, commercial marine engineering & ship
    tive owners which include Investor AB, one of Northern          repair, power-generation componentry, mining equipment
    Europe’s biggest investment groups, is able to deliver a        manufacture and wine exports. By mid-2006, the Gripen
    customised Industrial Participation (IP) package, tailored      shareholders’ activities had created almost US$4-billion
    to meet customers’ specific requirements and support their       of new economic activity in South Africa. This is almost
    macro-economic objectives. Why does Gripen do this?             double the contract value for South Africa’s joint procure-
    Because Gripen and its shareholders are committed to            ment of Gripen fighters and Hawk jet trainers.
    responsible and sustainable development. We believe this
    can only be achieved through the delivery of new economic
    benefits that will continue long after any IP target fulfilment       ����������
    deadlines have been met.                                            ���������������������������
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                                                                          The Gripen way
                                                                        ���������������������������������
                                                                        �����������������������needs and
                                                                          Projects using real
                                                                          business opportunities leading to
                                                                          sustained organic growth

                                                                          The traditional approach
                                                                          Forced or subsidized businesses
                                                                          which die as soon as the offset
                                                                          obligation is fulfilled

                                                                          Obligation span



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ess story



  “This programme has, without question, been a success. It has resulted
  in important new capacity in the South African economy, not just in
  the defence industries, but almost without exception, in more modern
  manufacturing and technological capacity in our economy.”

  Alec Erwin MP
  Minister of Public Enterprises & member of Cabinet’s Economic
  Cluster of Ministries, Republic of South Africa
Industrial Participation
    in action
    Delivering the goods
    In as much as Gripen’s combined efficiency, adaptability and flexibility as a swing-role fighter was
    a deciding factor in South Africa’s selection of the aircraft, so too was Saab and BAE Systems’
    creative and entrepreneurial approach to delivering sustainable economic benefits to South
    Africa through the Industrial Participation programme. On one hand, this meant stimulating the
    local aerospace and defence industry, but more importantly, it meant launching ventures in a
    wide array of civil industries.



    On the money.                                                   Boosting new sectors.

    At the end of 2005, South Africa’s Department of Trade &        Gripen’s National Industrial Participation activities are fo-
    Industry reported to Parliament that Saab and BAE Systems       cused on supporting South Africa’s industrial development
    together, had achieved their latest National Industrial         policy. This calls for Gripen and its shareholders to stimu-
    Participation targets, having delivered more than US$2,5        late financial, skills and technology investments, in a variety
    billion in new benefits to South Africa’s economy. In            of industries identified by the South African government as
    striding towards the 2011 delivery target, the partners had     strategic to the country’s economy. Thanks to the access and
    already created industrial activity in the country to a value   support of their extensive partner network, Gripen and its
    surpassing the $2,2 billion contract value of the combined      shareholders have implemented projects in several sectors,
    Hawk and Gripen procurements. All this within five very          including Mining, Minerals Beneficiation, Biotechnology,
    short years!                                                    Automotive Components, Information Technology, Tour-
                                                                    ism Development, Agriculture, Medical Research, Heavy
                                                                    Engineering, Hi-tech Electronics, and Timber Products
                                                                    Exports.



                                                                    Black Economic Empowerment
                                                                    development.

                                                                    The Gripen Industrial Participation programme continues
                                                                    at full speed and is continually expanding into new, exciting
                                                                    areas. Central to all of the current and new projects is a
                                                                    focus on promoting broad-based Black Economic Empow-
                                                                    erment (BEE). This is a vital element of South Africa’s efforts
                                                                    to repair its socio-economic fabric and to create opportuni-
                                                                    ties among people who were denied these in the past under
                                                                    Apartheid.




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Denel                                                          Saab-Grintek
Denel is South Africa’s largest aerospace and defence          In February 2005, Saab acquired a major share in Grintek,
group. This state-owned corporation has a proud legacy as      at the time, South Africa’s largest listed hi-tech communica-
a design, engineering, development and production house        tions, Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) and avionics
for uniquely rugged and combat-tailored defence solutions.     business. The decision to further underpin their relationship
The combination of ingenuity and a sympathetic culture,        followed a four year partnership during which the two
made Denel the perfect match for Gripen’s parent company,      company’s moved steadily closer. Although Grintek had
Saab AB.                                                       originally been established to meet South Africa’s domestic
                                                               requirements, today, the majority of Saab-Grintek’s turnover
The partnership was consummated in the late 1990s when         is derived from exports of South African systems and
Saab placed the Gripen NATO-pylon design engineering           solutions in the Defence, Security, Disaster and Emergency
and development contract with Denel. Production of these       Response sectors.
underwing and fuselage fairing stores pylons is ongoing.
And the relationship was strengthened with Denel being
contracted to manufacture the Main Landing Gear Unit
(Centre Fuselage) and the Rear Fuselage sections for the en-
tire Gripen programme. These are built at Denel Aerospace
in Johannesburg and shipped to Sweden where they are
incorporated into new-build Gripens in final assembly.

In June 2006, Saab and Denel announced a strategic equity
partnership, with the Swedish group purchasing an initial
20% stake of Denel Aerospace, the aerostructures business.
Silplat
Thanks to the Gripen partners, South Africa is reaping          Holdings Limited (Implats), local jewellery producer, SA
economic benefits from a new downstream platinum                 Link Company, and specialist corporate finance house,
beneficiation project centred on Silplat, a Cape Town-based      Micofin Corporate Services.
jewellery factory.
                                                                Silplat is a high-volume jewellery manufacturing business
Equity and loan financing provided by Saab & BAE Systems         capable of beneficiating more than three tons of platinum
enabled the establishment of Silplat, a collaborative venture   each year. This equates to about US$100-million in annual
between Italy’s leading jewellery manufacturer, Silmar, a       sales with exports accounting for around 85 per cent of
leading South African platinum producer, Impala Platinum        turnover.




Gold Loan Scheme
The competitiveness of South Africa’s gold jewellery
manufacturing industry was enhanced with the launch of
an innovative gold advance scheme which reduces the high
cost of financing gold working inventory to South African
jewellery manufacturers.

In establishing the scheme, the Gripen partners brought
together the major mining houses AngloGoldAshanti and
Gold Fields together with Standard Bank. Jointly the four
companies underwrite the 1,000kg gold advance scheme by
providing US$10million of extended guarantees to Standard
Bank which manages the scheme.

Rand Refinery is the primary delivery agent for gold ad-
vanced to jewellers through the scheme.

This project bridges the gap between gold producer and
jeweller and provides a vehicle for supporting South Africa’s
jewellery manufacturing sector and government’s beneficia-
tion and export growth policies.
Dunlop Tyres International
Tyres made by Dunlop in Ladysmith and Durban are
achieving significant export successes following a major
capital injection to the South African-owned company with
funding provided by BAE Systems and Saab together with
Citibank.

The capital expansion project at Dunlop Tyres Internation-
al’s two KwaZulu-Natal factories has already created over
250 new permanent skilled jobs. Workers from the local
communities are receiving ongoing skills training on the
new machines at both plants. Many of the new jobs have
gone to women working at the new state-of-the-art plant at
Ladysmith, boosting the local economy and contributing
significantly to family stability in the area.

The R173-million investment enables Dunlop to compete
on world markets. In its first year of operation, it was able
to increase its exports by 34%. Dunlop expects to have gen-
erated about US$300 million in new tyre exports by 2013.




Global Forest Products
In one of South Africa’s largest Industrial Participation
(NIP) initiatives linked to South Africa’s combined Hawk &
Gripen procurement, Saab-BAE Systems brought US-based
Global Environment Fund and paper giant, Mondi, together
to form Global Forest Products, a new timber products
export venture which is on track to achieve more than R5-
billion in exports over its first 10 years.

Through investments in skills development and technology
transfers, Global Forest Products, has rapidly overhauled
and modernised the management and operations of planta-
tions, sawmills, processing facilities and manufacturing
plants across the Mpumulanga Province. This included a
multimillion dollar capital expenditure programme which
has dramatically improved the technical capability and effi-
ciency in the mills and re-manufacturing plants. The Gripen
shareholders invested US$6-million (about R55-million) in
this project.

Under Global Forest Product’s management, these assets
are producing new higher grade and value-added lumber
products for export.
Reaping the
benefits
Technology Transfer in action

Gripen’s parents, Saab and BAE Systems, manage a US$14,7-              These groups typically include pilots, engineers, logisticians
million (about R114-million) skills and technology transfer            and technicians who are working alongside their Swedish
contract with South Africa’s state-owned Denel Aviation.               counterparts in order to develop a thorough understanding of
                                                                       the aircraft and of the industrial processes and technologies used
Launched in two parts, the first saw Saab install a state-of-the-       in its design, development, production and support. Their work
art Design Bureau at Denel Aviation near Johannesburg. It is           will also form the foundation for the SAAF’s operational and
equipped with the latest-generation computer-aided design              support doctrine for Gripen.
system and used in the design and development of the South
African and further export production-standard Gripen aircraft.        The STTP is an integral part of the Gripen Defence Industrial
Denel is also able to contract this capability to other internation-   Participation programme, under which Saab-BAE Systems
al customers. This compliments state-of-the-art manufacturing          are obliged to deliver US$350 million of technology transfer
processes and technology that have also been transferred to            and 111 man/years of training to South African engineers and
Denel Aviation, enabling it to manufacture Gripen components           manufacturing workers by 2008.
and sub-assemblies for Saab.
                                                                       Since the STTP launch in 1999, skills and technology transfer
The second part involves the secondment of Denel, Armscor              training has been delivered to more than 80 South African engi-
and SA Air Force personnel and their immediate families, to            neers and manufacturing staff, all of whom have been seconded
Saab in Sweden on a rolling two year Skills & Technology Trans-        to Saab’s factory in Sweden on a combination of long term (two
fer Programme (STTP). During this period the South African             year) and short-term (2-3 month) secondments. This represents
personnel work at Saab where they are familiarised with Gripen’s       the successful completion of almost 100 man/years of training.
cutting edge technology, industrial processes and modern sup-          This is equivalent to almost 90 percent of the obligation – deliv-
port systems.                                                          ered by Saab & BAE Systems well ahead of schedule.
Towards Take Off
     South Africa’s first Gripen, SA01 was rolled off the assembly line at Linköping in late Octo-
     ber 2005. It flew for the first time just a fortnight later on 11 November 2005, a testament
     to the integrity of its design, systems and manufacture. Since then SA01 has been engaged in
     a two-stage flight test and development programme.




     Tailor-made

     Stage one took place in Sweden between November 2005 and
     June 2006 and involved checking that the basic flying systems
     perform properly.
     The second stage began soon after SA01 was shipped to South
     Africa and focuses on flight testing and integrating those ele-
     ments and systems which have been custom-specified for South
     Africa’s Gripen variant.




10
South African-based flight testing takes place at the SA Air
Force’s Test Flight & Development Centre (TFDC) at AFB
Overberg. A semi-permanent team of nine Gripen experts,
including a test pilot, have moved with their families from
Sweden to TFDC, which is about a two hour drive East of
Cape Town. The test team also includes a South African test
pilot and STTP flight test engineers. They will remain at
the facility throughout the aircraft’s flight test programme,
which will culminate with delivery of the first dual-seat
Gripen D to the South African Air Force in 2008.

South Africa’s Gripens will be based at 2 Squadron at AFB
Makhado in the Limpopo Province, just South of the border
with Zimbabwe. They will replace the Cheetah C & D
aircraft (updated and upgraded 1960s Mirage IIIs) as South
Africa’s air superiority, interceptor and strike aircraft.




                                                               “In an industry notorious for sliding deadlines, Saab has
                                                               been able to roll-out this specific aircraft well ahead of the
                                                               original schedule. I congratulate you on this achievement.”



                                                               Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano
                                                               Chief of the South African Air Force speaking at the ’Roll-Out’
                                                               of South Africa’s first dual-seat Gripen.
                                                               Saab, Linköping, Sweden 28 October 2005.
The Gripen flight experience
 Convincing!




 “The more I fly the Gripen, the more I am convinced
 that the South African Air Force made the right choice
 for its new generation fighter aircraft.”

 Lt.Colonel Charl Coetzee
 South African Air Force Gripen Project Test Pilot




Gripen News is published by Gripen International. Opinions expressed   Published by Owe Wagermark, Gripen International
in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Company.             Gripen News, Gripen International, Communications Department,
Reproduction of any article is permitted byacknowledgement.            SE-581 88 Linköping, Sweden • E-mail adrian.stockwell@gripen.com
Photography: Saab, Condesign, Frans Dely, Howard Thacker,              Phone +46 13 18 4000 • Telefax +46 13 18 0055 www.gripen.com
Linden Birns/Plane Talking.

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Gripen successstory South Africa

  • 1. SPE CIA L ED ITIO “ Gripen News N A magazine from Gripen International September 2006 SUCCESS STORY: SOUTH AFRICA On target! Gripen delivers the goods. Success Cleared for How Gripen is a catalyst for South African Take Off economic growth. South Africa’s first Gripen has arrived and is getting down to business.
  • 2. Gripen succe A catalyst for industrial partnerships and economic growth Offset began as a crude form of barter exchange. Today, it has evolved into a so- phisticated, proven and widely-practiced method for leveraging economic growth from strategic national procurements, including the purchase of items such as Gripen fighters. So how is it benefiting South Africa? Industrial Participation the Gripen way. South African delivery. No two countries have identical offset requirements. Some In South Africa, Gripen’s shareholders have established a nations prefer investment in infrastructure, some seek dedicated team comprising experts in various industrial work-share on specific industrial programmes, while others, sectors, who work in close consultation with the South among which South Africa is a leader, look for a spread of African Department of Trade & Industry and Armscor (the activity that demands a combination of investments, skills State defence industry procurement agency) to identify and development, technology transfer and jobs, all focussed on implement suitable Industrial Participation projects. Since expanding or launching sustainable new export-oriented 2000, this team have implemented numerous Industrial manufacturing ventures across an array of industrial sectors. Participation projects in the aerospace and defence industry Many of these are outside the defence or aerospace business. and more than 40 in sectors such as gold and platinum ben- eficiation, automotive component manufacturing, timber Gripen, through the supply chains, networks and resources product exports, tourism development, bio-technology, of its shareholders, Saab AB, BAE Systems and their respec- medical research, commercial marine engineering & ship tive owners which include Investor AB, one of Northern repair, power-generation componentry, mining equipment Europe’s biggest investment groups, is able to deliver a manufacture and wine exports. By mid-2006, the Gripen customised Industrial Participation (IP) package, tailored shareholders’ activities had created almost US$4-billion to meet customers’ specific requirements and support their of new economic activity in South Africa. This is almost macro-economic objectives. Why does Gripen do this? double the contract value for South Africa’s joint procure- Because Gripen and its shareholders are committed to ment of Gripen fighters and Hawk jet trainers. responsible and sustainable development. We believe this can only be achieved through the delivery of new economic benefits that will continue long after any IP target fulfilment ���������� deadlines have been met. ��������������������������� ���������������� �������������� The Gripen way ��������������������������������� �����������������������needs and Projects using real business opportunities leading to sustained organic growth The traditional approach Forced or subsidized businesses which die as soon as the offset obligation is fulfilled Obligation span 2
  • 3. ess story “This programme has, without question, been a success. It has resulted in important new capacity in the South African economy, not just in the defence industries, but almost without exception, in more modern manufacturing and technological capacity in our economy.” Alec Erwin MP Minister of Public Enterprises & member of Cabinet’s Economic Cluster of Ministries, Republic of South Africa
  • 4. Industrial Participation in action Delivering the goods In as much as Gripen’s combined efficiency, adaptability and flexibility as a swing-role fighter was a deciding factor in South Africa’s selection of the aircraft, so too was Saab and BAE Systems’ creative and entrepreneurial approach to delivering sustainable economic benefits to South Africa through the Industrial Participation programme. On one hand, this meant stimulating the local aerospace and defence industry, but more importantly, it meant launching ventures in a wide array of civil industries. On the money. Boosting new sectors. At the end of 2005, South Africa’s Department of Trade & Gripen’s National Industrial Participation activities are fo- Industry reported to Parliament that Saab and BAE Systems cused on supporting South Africa’s industrial development together, had achieved their latest National Industrial policy. This calls for Gripen and its shareholders to stimu- Participation targets, having delivered more than US$2,5 late financial, skills and technology investments, in a variety billion in new benefits to South Africa’s economy. In of industries identified by the South African government as striding towards the 2011 delivery target, the partners had strategic to the country’s economy. Thanks to the access and already created industrial activity in the country to a value support of their extensive partner network, Gripen and its surpassing the $2,2 billion contract value of the combined shareholders have implemented projects in several sectors, Hawk and Gripen procurements. All this within five very including Mining, Minerals Beneficiation, Biotechnology, short years! Automotive Components, Information Technology, Tour- ism Development, Agriculture, Medical Research, Heavy Engineering, Hi-tech Electronics, and Timber Products Exports. Black Economic Empowerment development. The Gripen Industrial Participation programme continues at full speed and is continually expanding into new, exciting areas. Central to all of the current and new projects is a focus on promoting broad-based Black Economic Empow- erment (BEE). This is a vital element of South Africa’s efforts to repair its socio-economic fabric and to create opportuni- ties among people who were denied these in the past under Apartheid. 4
  • 5. Denel Saab-Grintek Denel is South Africa’s largest aerospace and defence In February 2005, Saab acquired a major share in Grintek, group. This state-owned corporation has a proud legacy as at the time, South Africa’s largest listed hi-tech communica- a design, engineering, development and production house tions, Electronic Counter Measures (ECM) and avionics for uniquely rugged and combat-tailored defence solutions. business. The decision to further underpin their relationship The combination of ingenuity and a sympathetic culture, followed a four year partnership during which the two made Denel the perfect match for Gripen’s parent company, company’s moved steadily closer. Although Grintek had Saab AB. originally been established to meet South Africa’s domestic requirements, today, the majority of Saab-Grintek’s turnover The partnership was consummated in the late 1990s when is derived from exports of South African systems and Saab placed the Gripen NATO-pylon design engineering solutions in the Defence, Security, Disaster and Emergency and development contract with Denel. Production of these Response sectors. underwing and fuselage fairing stores pylons is ongoing. And the relationship was strengthened with Denel being contracted to manufacture the Main Landing Gear Unit (Centre Fuselage) and the Rear Fuselage sections for the en- tire Gripen programme. These are built at Denel Aerospace in Johannesburg and shipped to Sweden where they are incorporated into new-build Gripens in final assembly. In June 2006, Saab and Denel announced a strategic equity partnership, with the Swedish group purchasing an initial 20% stake of Denel Aerospace, the aerostructures business.
  • 6. Silplat Thanks to the Gripen partners, South Africa is reaping Holdings Limited (Implats), local jewellery producer, SA economic benefits from a new downstream platinum Link Company, and specialist corporate finance house, beneficiation project centred on Silplat, a Cape Town-based Micofin Corporate Services. jewellery factory. Silplat is a high-volume jewellery manufacturing business Equity and loan financing provided by Saab & BAE Systems capable of beneficiating more than three tons of platinum enabled the establishment of Silplat, a collaborative venture each year. This equates to about US$100-million in annual between Italy’s leading jewellery manufacturer, Silmar, a sales with exports accounting for around 85 per cent of leading South African platinum producer, Impala Platinum turnover. Gold Loan Scheme The competitiveness of South Africa’s gold jewellery manufacturing industry was enhanced with the launch of an innovative gold advance scheme which reduces the high cost of financing gold working inventory to South African jewellery manufacturers. In establishing the scheme, the Gripen partners brought together the major mining houses AngloGoldAshanti and Gold Fields together with Standard Bank. Jointly the four companies underwrite the 1,000kg gold advance scheme by providing US$10million of extended guarantees to Standard Bank which manages the scheme. Rand Refinery is the primary delivery agent for gold ad- vanced to jewellers through the scheme. This project bridges the gap between gold producer and jeweller and provides a vehicle for supporting South Africa’s jewellery manufacturing sector and government’s beneficia- tion and export growth policies.
  • 7. Dunlop Tyres International Tyres made by Dunlop in Ladysmith and Durban are achieving significant export successes following a major capital injection to the South African-owned company with funding provided by BAE Systems and Saab together with Citibank. The capital expansion project at Dunlop Tyres Internation- al’s two KwaZulu-Natal factories has already created over 250 new permanent skilled jobs. Workers from the local communities are receiving ongoing skills training on the new machines at both plants. Many of the new jobs have gone to women working at the new state-of-the-art plant at Ladysmith, boosting the local economy and contributing significantly to family stability in the area. The R173-million investment enables Dunlop to compete on world markets. In its first year of operation, it was able to increase its exports by 34%. Dunlop expects to have gen- erated about US$300 million in new tyre exports by 2013. Global Forest Products In one of South Africa’s largest Industrial Participation (NIP) initiatives linked to South Africa’s combined Hawk & Gripen procurement, Saab-BAE Systems brought US-based Global Environment Fund and paper giant, Mondi, together to form Global Forest Products, a new timber products export venture which is on track to achieve more than R5- billion in exports over its first 10 years. Through investments in skills development and technology transfers, Global Forest Products, has rapidly overhauled and modernised the management and operations of planta- tions, sawmills, processing facilities and manufacturing plants across the Mpumulanga Province. This included a multimillion dollar capital expenditure programme which has dramatically improved the technical capability and effi- ciency in the mills and re-manufacturing plants. The Gripen shareholders invested US$6-million (about R55-million) in this project. Under Global Forest Product’s management, these assets are producing new higher grade and value-added lumber products for export.
  • 9. Technology Transfer in action Gripen’s parents, Saab and BAE Systems, manage a US$14,7- These groups typically include pilots, engineers, logisticians million (about R114-million) skills and technology transfer and technicians who are working alongside their Swedish contract with South Africa’s state-owned Denel Aviation. counterparts in order to develop a thorough understanding of the aircraft and of the industrial processes and technologies used Launched in two parts, the first saw Saab install a state-of-the- in its design, development, production and support. Their work art Design Bureau at Denel Aviation near Johannesburg. It is will also form the foundation for the SAAF’s operational and equipped with the latest-generation computer-aided design support doctrine for Gripen. system and used in the design and development of the South African and further export production-standard Gripen aircraft. The STTP is an integral part of the Gripen Defence Industrial Denel is also able to contract this capability to other internation- Participation programme, under which Saab-BAE Systems al customers. This compliments state-of-the-art manufacturing are obliged to deliver US$350 million of technology transfer processes and technology that have also been transferred to and 111 man/years of training to South African engineers and Denel Aviation, enabling it to manufacture Gripen components manufacturing workers by 2008. and sub-assemblies for Saab. Since the STTP launch in 1999, skills and technology transfer The second part involves the secondment of Denel, Armscor training has been delivered to more than 80 South African engi- and SA Air Force personnel and their immediate families, to neers and manufacturing staff, all of whom have been seconded Saab in Sweden on a rolling two year Skills & Technology Trans- to Saab’s factory in Sweden on a combination of long term (two fer Programme (STTP). During this period the South African year) and short-term (2-3 month) secondments. This represents personnel work at Saab where they are familiarised with Gripen’s the successful completion of almost 100 man/years of training. cutting edge technology, industrial processes and modern sup- This is equivalent to almost 90 percent of the obligation – deliv- port systems. ered by Saab & BAE Systems well ahead of schedule.
  • 10. Towards Take Off South Africa’s first Gripen, SA01 was rolled off the assembly line at Linköping in late Octo- ber 2005. It flew for the first time just a fortnight later on 11 November 2005, a testament to the integrity of its design, systems and manufacture. Since then SA01 has been engaged in a two-stage flight test and development programme. Tailor-made Stage one took place in Sweden between November 2005 and June 2006 and involved checking that the basic flying systems perform properly. The second stage began soon after SA01 was shipped to South Africa and focuses on flight testing and integrating those ele- ments and systems which have been custom-specified for South Africa’s Gripen variant. 10
  • 11. South African-based flight testing takes place at the SA Air Force’s Test Flight & Development Centre (TFDC) at AFB Overberg. A semi-permanent team of nine Gripen experts, including a test pilot, have moved with their families from Sweden to TFDC, which is about a two hour drive East of Cape Town. The test team also includes a South African test pilot and STTP flight test engineers. They will remain at the facility throughout the aircraft’s flight test programme, which will culminate with delivery of the first dual-seat Gripen D to the South African Air Force in 2008. South Africa’s Gripens will be based at 2 Squadron at AFB Makhado in the Limpopo Province, just South of the border with Zimbabwe. They will replace the Cheetah C & D aircraft (updated and upgraded 1960s Mirage IIIs) as South Africa’s air superiority, interceptor and strike aircraft. “In an industry notorious for sliding deadlines, Saab has been able to roll-out this specific aircraft well ahead of the original schedule. I congratulate you on this achievement.” Lieutenant General Carlo Gagiano Chief of the South African Air Force speaking at the ’Roll-Out’ of South Africa’s first dual-seat Gripen. Saab, Linköping, Sweden 28 October 2005.
  • 12. The Gripen flight experience Convincing! “The more I fly the Gripen, the more I am convinced that the South African Air Force made the right choice for its new generation fighter aircraft.” Lt.Colonel Charl Coetzee South African Air Force Gripen Project Test Pilot Gripen News is published by Gripen International. Opinions expressed Published by Owe Wagermark, Gripen International in this magazine are not necessarily those of the Company. Gripen News, Gripen International, Communications Department, Reproduction of any article is permitted byacknowledgement. SE-581 88 Linköping, Sweden • E-mail adrian.stockwell@gripen.com Photography: Saab, Condesign, Frans Dely, Howard Thacker, Phone +46 13 18 4000 • Telefax +46 13 18 0055 www.gripen.com Linden Birns/Plane Talking.