Saab will not now develop a two-seat variant of the JAS 39 Gripen F combat aircraft as had previously been planned, but will instead focus its efforts on the single-seat Gripen E model, Swedish officials revealed on 28 August. Speaking shortly after the announcement on 28 August that Switzerland and Sweden signed a detailed bilateral framework agreement related to the Gripen Next Generation (NG), an official from the Swedish state-run defence export agency FXM said that, as both countries have opted to procure the single-seat Gripen E, no twin-seat Gripen F aircraft would be required.
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机译：瑞典官员8月28日透露，萨博现在不会按照原先计划开发两座JAS 39 Gripen F战斗机，而是将精力集中在单座Gripen E飞机上。瑞典国营国防出口机构FXM的一位官员在8月28日宣布瑞士和瑞典签署了与Gripen Next Generation（NG）有关的详细双边框架协议后不久发表讲话，称这是因为两国都选择采购单座Gripen E，则不需要双座GripenF。
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