The Gripen is new, but has so far been bought only by Sweden itself.

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It is now promising to create another 16, 000 jobs, but only if the Hungarians buy the Gripen.

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As well as Russian MiG-35s, American F-16 and F-18s, the Eurofighter and the Swedish Gripen are also tendering for the contract.

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BAe is already allied with Saab, marketing its Gripen jet outside Sweden.

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BAe-Saab asserts that the Gripen represents the best chance for the Czech and Polish aviation industries to become part of a pan-European defence industry.

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Austria rejected rival bids from Sweden's Saab, which was offering the Gripen, and also the F-16 from the largest US defence manufacturer, Lockheed Martin.

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Foreign fighter planes are coming along--the Russian SU-35, the French Mirage 2000 and the Swedish Gripen, among others--that will match our current crop of fighters.

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The Czechs are caught between Boeing and the Gripen.

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Germany's Daimler-Benz Aerospace makes parts for the Gripen.

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