Over the Baltic in 1963, a Swedish Saab 35 Draken faced down an incoming aggressor at Mach 1.7. By every rule of air combat, ...

The Saab 35 Draken, also known as ‘The Kite’ or ‘The Dragon,’ was the first Western European-built combat aircraft capable of breaking the sound barrier. Actually, the Draken busted through Mach 2.

World War Two ended amid great anticipation about the future of technology. In their race to win the war, both the Allies and Axis developed, tested, and fielded increasingly more advanced weapons, ...

Ukraine’s interest in up to 100 Saab JAS 39 Gripens is about more than replacing aging Soviet jets; it’s about surviving against Russia’s top dogfighter, the Su-35. -The Swedish Gripen is a light, ...

Style and practicality can be difficult qualities to find together in any piece of tech. The delta wing design of certain aircraft, however, succeeds in this with aplomb. Not only does that triangular ...

F-35 advocates point out that the aircraft is fully interoperable with U.S. aircraft, a key point for defending North America as well as use in NATO operations. The jet, built by Lockheed Martin, is ...

The Swedish company Saab is prepared to open a plant in Ukraine for the final assembly of JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets as part of a proposed deal for Kyiv to purchase up to 150 of the aircraft, the ...

The Swedish company Saab intends to open an aircraft assembly plant in Ukraine as part of a proposed deal for Kyiv to purchase up to 150 Gripen fighter jets, the company's CEO Mikael Johansson told ...

Canada and Sweden sign a defence pact that heightens competition between the Gripen and F35 as Canada reviews its fighter jet ...