By: Valerie Insinna, July 10, 2017
WASHINGTON — Sweden will not put forward Saab’s Gripen E
for Belgium’s fighter contest, the country’s defense ministry announced Monday.
In a notice explaining the decision, the Swedish Defense
Materiel Administration, or FMV, said the government was not prepared to
provide the operational support required by the Belgian government, which is
seeking out 34 new fighters to replace its fleet of 54 F-16s.
“This would require a Swedish foreign policy and
political mandate that does not exist today. Therefore Sweden and the FMV
choose not to submit an answer to the Belgian request,” the notice stated........Read rest of article: HERE
"Lockheed Martin’s F-35, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the
Dassault Rafale are the likely remaining competitors for the Belgian
competition.
Of those choices, the F-35 will be the likely victor and
could be Lockheed’s only new F-35 sale this year, said Byron Callan, director
of Capital Alpha Partners, an investment consulting firm."
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