No, this Gripen is owned by the Brazilian Air Force, but this is just the beginning of the testing of the Brazilian version in Brazil. It remains to finish the development and then pass the IOC and then the FOC.![]()
Brazilian Air Force officially presents its first F-39E Gripen
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) has officially presented its first F-39E Gripen fighter jet developed by Saab.www.airforce-technology.com
So, the BrAF gets today what we should be getting ( Mk2) by 2028-29 & not later, hopefully, by which time the Grippen E will be a few years short of its MLU.
I don't quite know the protocol BrAF follows w.r.t IOC Or the FOC but they're gradually inducting Grippens into their AF & building up their fleet.No, this Gripen is owned by the Brazilian Air Force, but this is just the beginning of the testing of the Brazilian version in Brazil. It remains to finish the development and then pass the IOC and then the FOC.
From your link:I don't quite know the protocol BrAF follows w.r.t IOC Or the FOC but they're gradually inducting Grippens into their AF & building up their fleet.
So more than one year of test before induction begin.The activities in Brazil will include flight control and climate control systems tests along with testing in tropical climatic conditions.
Trials will also demonstrate the characteristics of the Brazilian aircraft, which include armaments integration and the Link BR2 communication system.
FAB at Wing 2 in Anápolis will receive the first fighters at the end of next year.
Yes I'm aware of it. I was referring to the IOC / FOC issue you brought up. The article makes no mention of it but you did so I thought you may have additional inputs.From your link:
So more than one year of test before induction begin.
It's normal step: when the development is closed industrie cannot make anything else, so the plane is delivered to the air force but is not able to go to war the next day! In France for exemple there is operational test by the CEAM and writing of user manual and elaboration of tactic and so on and only after that there is induction of the plane and you have IOC when there are enough pilots capable of implementing the CEAM's recommendations. FOC is when all the desired capabilities of the plane are available for the largest number of pilots.Yes I'm aware of it. I was referring to the IOC / FOC issue you brought up. The article makes no mention of it but you did so I thought you may have additional inputs.
Thanks for the detailed exposition. I gather, the IOC / FOC would take about a year or 2 from what you've posted.It's normal step: when the development is closed industrie cannot make anything else, so the plane is delivered to the air force but is not able to go to war the next day! In France for exemple there is operational test by the CEAM and writing of user manual and elaboration of tactic and so on and only after that there is induction of the plane and you have IOC when there are enough pilots capable of implementing the CEAM's recommendations. FOC is when all the desired capabilities of the plane are available for the largest number of pilots.
So IOC and FOC are mainly operational steps, but these steps are impossible if the technical development of the aircraft is not sufficiently advanced.