Overview
- Saab's chief executive said a contract for up to 150 Gripen jets for Ukraine could be signed this year.
- Ukraine's defense minister met Sweden's leadership and Saab in Stockholm to push contract work and said Kyiv has a plan to fund the purchase.
- Sweden's defense minister said financing, pilot training and production capacity still stand in the way of a deal.
- Saab is mapping production expansion, targeting 20 to 30 jets a year, with one assembly line in Brazil and a proposed site in Canada.
- The talks also span radar, satellite links, electronic warfare and a proposed Brave Sweden tech platform, and Ukraine calls Gripen a potential game-changer for its air defense.