Sweden offers up to 24 Gripen E/F fighters and a GlobalEye AEW&C to Peru as Lima evaluates Rafale and F-16

Sweden has proposed a package including up to 24 Saab Gripen E/F fighters alongside a GlobalEye airborne early warning platform to Peru, after a Peruvian delegation visited Saab production facilities in Stockholm. Peru is simultaneously assessing Dassault Rafale and F-16 options to replace its fighter fleet.

Discovered 2025-08-28T05:28:48.324753-07:00 | 2025-08-28T05:28:48.324753-07:00

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What Hype is tracking

  • The package reportedly includes up to 24 Gripen airframes plus a GlobalEye AEW&C, a combination that would materially change Peru's air-combat and airborne ISR capability if procured.
  • The bid arrives amid clear export momentum for Saab — the company is actively seeking to finalise Gripen and GlobalEye orders and has recent regional traction (see Saab's push to finalise orders and the pending Colombia Gripen contract: https://hype.aero/?story=df0a5450-efe5-4d1d-af77-3666c52823ce and https://hype.aero/?story=85230be6-d047-4df7-8321-cf544cfe334b).
  • Peru's delegation visits and the open competition with Rafale and F-16 offers keep industrial offsets, interoperability and sustainment implications in play — factors evident in other recent campaigns such as Thailand's offset package and Saab GlobalEye export activity: https://hype.aero/?story=1e676431-a84c-4f52-bea7-2e95d956d2d1 and https://hype.aero/?story=3a811922-026a-4b17-917b-cd2a67da47ca

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2025-08-28T05:28:48.324753-07:00
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