SAAB

Saab confirms that its Gripen E fighter jet successfully fired a Meteor Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) for the first time. MBDA’s Meteor missile was conceived as a longer-range competitor to popular weapons like the Russian R77/AA-12 and American AIM-120 AMRAAM. Its ramjet propulsion offers the missile a head-on closing range of 120 km and full powered performance at Mach 4+ throughout its flight.