Colombia to sign $1.9B deal with Sweden for 18 Saab Gripen E/F fighters in October 2025

Colombia will finalise a government-to-government agreement with Sweden in October 2025 to buy 18 Saab Gripen E/F fighters for about $1.9 billion (≈16 trillion COP), the defence minister said, marking a major step in modernising the country’s combat fleet.

Discovered 2025-10-02T12:08:18.723858-07:00 | 2025-10-02T12:08:18.723858-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

Confirms a government-to-government, $1.9 billion purchase for 18 Gripen E/F jets, finalising Colombia's plan to modernise its fighter fleet; earlier reporting that Colombia planned to procure Gripen provides background on the programme.
Strengthens Saab's export momentum and sales pipeline as the company seeks to finalise key orders this year; see coverage of Saab's order pipeline and sales guidance.
Adds to a string of recent regional Gripen deals and offers, underscoring growing market interest in the type across Latin America and Asia; compare Colombia's move with Thailand's Gripen contract and Sweden's offers to neighbouring buyers (see Thailand deal for context: https://hype.aero/?story=8b54282d-937c-47c1-973b-e0d0058ce615).

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