The Gripen Mission
Transcript of The Gripen Mission
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Yourmission:Gripen is the rst multi-role/swing-rolelatest generation ghter to enter service.Youve already heard about its combateectiveness, mission exibility,survivability and ight saety.
We could line up convincing acts orhours, but instead, lets get a taste o thereal thing. Why not take a pilots-eyeview o Gripen?
Were oering you the chance toexperience what its like to be a Gripenpilot on a mission. So pull on yourAnti-G Suit and get ready or someaction!
Heres the scenario:Your group will patrol Sector Zebra,including a long, sparsely populatedcoastline, at a patrol altitude o 35,000 fand an average speed o Mach 0.9.
We have received intelligence reportso unidentied naval and airbornemovements just outside our territoriallimits. Your Gripen will carry Air-to-Ground and Air-to-Air missiles, andthe mission plan includes Air-to-Airreuelling. All your ight data will be
downloaded digitally and take-o is inve minutes Any questions?
Yourequipment:
Helmet Mounted Display (HMD)
Te integrated Helmet Mounted Displayprovides real-time data superimposedright in ront o your eyes. No matterwhere you turn your head, youve gotull control and inormation on ightparameters, sensor data, target cueing and
weapon status. Te HMD also eatures anintegrated chemical/biological respiratorand Night Vision camera options.
Flight Suit
Te Flight Suit is your basic outt. Whenin ight, its always complemented by theFlight Jacket, the Anti-G Suit and gloves.
Flight Jacket and Anti-G Suit
Te Flight Jacket and Anti-G Suit are tailor-made or each individual pilot, and are vitalto your protection in the event o ejection.An important eature o your Flight Jacketis the chest bladder, which automatically
balances pressure. Te Flight Jacket alsounctions as a lie vest and eatures anemergency transmitter that is automaticallyactivated at 12G (or manually i needed).Te signals will be picked up by teams inthe surrounding area so the pilot can berescued.
Survival Pack
Attached to the Flight Jacket is a SurvivalPack, placed in your ejection seat. TeSurvival Pack contains equipment suchas an inatable lieboat and clothing.
Te Anti-G Suit holds a medkit. Te exactitems included are subject to your nationsrequirements.
The Gripen fghter is equipped with the latest world-leading technology, and so are you.
Heres some o the gear youll need or your frst-ever mission in the Gripen.
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TIME TO launch...
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The firsT Thing o oti o
tig th oit i th tota ab
o aaog ba- itmt.
Gi oit i th t o it i that
i tota igita, a th t i mo
a o ag a a ia.
Th bai ia bhi Gi Hma
Mahi Ita i to how th iot
o what i ah itatio.
Thi ma it mh ai o o a
a iot to ha fight iomatio,
ombat itatio, iomig ata i
iomatio a oth ommiatio.
Th Gi i a t mti-o/wig-o
ght aiat. It a itat hag
o at th h o a btto. Th mai
omt otimi tm, oto
a ia o th w itatio o
that. Thi ma that o a with
btw, a, oaia a Ai-
to-Ai o i jt a atio o a o.
I v t, th goa i to giv
o omt o a itatio
awa. A tha to th
ava avioi tm miima
o to hoot tim.
The cockpiT is yours
The Gripen human machine inTerface
ComforTable?
HAnds On THrOTTle And sTIck (HOTAs)
HOTAs i to f th ght a oto
ia a wao tm ig fight
a ombat.
HOrIzOnTAl sITuATIOn dIsplAy
dit i ot o o, th Hoiota
sitatio dia ovi avigatioa a
tatia miio ata imo o a
toi ma o tab a.
MulTI sensOr dIsplAy
H o iomatio om th aa
a oth o. Fight a oto
ata a imo.
FlIGHT dATA dIsplAy
povi fight ata a tm tat
iomatio abot gi, a xta
to. It ao v a th etoi
Waa dia.
HeAd up dIsplAy
Jt oo aha a o fight ata,
tig omma, aimig iomatio,
t. A imo o th oti
wo at a atit.
up FrOnT cOnTrOl pAnel
povi th iot with a to
iio ot ata, avigatio ata
a tagt aqiitio ata. It i ao th
ima ommiatio a.
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Ready towin the fight?Adjust the seat. Fasten the 5 point harness and leg restraints.
Close and secure the cockpit canopy. Youre ready!
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Gripen is ready forthe next mission.
are you?
Mission interrupted. Shortly
ater starting the patrol, you receive
encrypted data link inormation
including images inorming you o two
ast-moving boats heading towards
a restricted area on the coast. Your
group leader orders you to intercept.
Bandits ahead!Two ghters are
Within Visual Range. Youre in or a
classic dogght. Now Gripen will show
its superior manoeuvrability and agility.
The new helmet with Helmet Mounted
Display gives you the combat edge
and ull situation awareness. You use
your IR-missiles to destroy the targets
and still have a 27 mm cannon as
back-up.
ultra short take-oFF.Taking
o with Gripen is a thrilling experience,
as youre airborne in just 500 metres.
hostile Fighters on the way.
NATO aircrat outside the area supply
intelligence that hostile ghters are
closing in. Again you take advantage
o Gripens supreme radar capacity,
and your group takes out the rst
incoming aircrat with Beyond-
Visual-Range Air-to-Air missiles.
swing-role air-to-surFace
attack. Instantly, you switch roles.
Still Beyond Visual Range, you lock
the radar on both targets and launch
your RBS-15 anti-ship missiles. Mission
accomplished, and you return to your
group. Depending on which missiles
you carry, the next mission could be a
precision Laser Guided Bomb attack,
or back to your Combat Air Patrol.
landing and 10 Minute turn-
around.Youre cruising in or a
landing, but instead o your main base,
youre descending towards a partially
damaged Forward Operating
Base. Narrow and short but no
problem or Gripen. 400 metres ater
touching down, your aircrat stops
without the use o parachutes or
hooks... Good job! Now its time or
your team on the ground the fightmechanics. There are only ve o
them, but the turnaround is completed
in less than 10 minutes.
air-to-air reFuelling.
Mission accomplished. New orders
or your group. Ater Air-to-Air
reuelling, youre directed to a small
base or re-arming and a new mission.
all powered up. When you
enter the cockpit, you bring a small
black metal box called the Data
Transer Unit. This is where all your
mission data is stored. Just insert it
and all necessary data is downloaded.
And whats more when youre on
a mission, it will digitally record every
sequence and situation or post-mis-
sion debrieng.
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