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| | The SAAB JAS-39 Gripen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | The group's proposal, with the company designation "SAAB 2110", was accepted in the spring of 1982, with a contract signed in June for five prototypes featuring some modifications from the original proposal, plus an initial production batch of 30 aircraft and an option for 110 more. |
 | | In June 1992, SAAB got the go-ahead for building the two-seat JAS-39B, and the government formally signed off on the option for 110 more Gripens, which were to be built to an improved "Batch 2" standard. |
 | | SAAB was forced to seek international sales for the Gripen, since the Swedish government contract for the fighter was so tight-fisted that Gripen International's president, Hans Kruger, once said he'd "lost his shirt, tie, and jacket on the Batch 1 deal." |
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