ripen embodies engineering excellence, innovation and clever solutions by bringing together performance, cost-efficiency and industrial cooperation into one, smart fighter system. <br />Saab is on track to sign a contract with Brazil to provide its air force with the Gripen NG multirole fighter, following the nation's selection of the type for a 36-aircraft purchase in December 2013. <br /> <br />Speaking on 23 October, chief executive Håkan Buskhe said an agreement should be signed “in the near future”. <br /> <br />“The negotiations with Brazil regarding Gripen NG (Gripen E/F) move forward according to plan, and the ambition is to reach an agreement in the near future,” Buskhe states, as part of the Swedish company's year-to-date financial results release. <br /> <br />On 18 December 2013, Brazilian defence minister Celso Amorim and air force commander Gen Juniti Saito declared Saab the winner of the F-X2 fighter contest. It was also announced that the negotiation phase would take 10-12 months to complete
