In article , "Mike"
wrote:

Ah?
You really think it isn't more easy to sell a single engine that a
twin,which is 50% more expensive?And that there are as many markets for it?
So,why didn't you sell as many F.15s as F.16s?

The Gripen is a very good fighter,but the comparison with the Rafale is
curious.I would rather compare it to the F.16-60 or the Mirage 2000-5.But I
maybe wrong.

The US approval is not often a problem when it can help beating a french
plane on a market you know...And it has not been for the Gripen yet...
Let's bet it won't change!

Cost/price is a lot different than exportability. Some relatively inexpensive
things just cannot be exported under existing rules.

For example: EW firmware held up the sale of the F-16 Block 60 to the UAE
for a really long time. The cost wasn't an issue at all.

While I agree that maybe the Rafale and Gripen are not a good comparison,
I was just commenting on someone else's email.

regards

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Harry Andreas
Engineering raconteur