전투기 스웨덴, 사브에 차세대전투기 개념연구 발주

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스웨덴이 3월 22일 사브에 차세대전투기 개념연구 사업을 발주했습니다. 계약기간은 2024년~2025년이고 유무인 솔루션에 대한 개념연구, 기술개발 및 시험이 포함돼 있습니다. 

 https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2024/saab-receives-order-for-swedish-future-fighter-concept-studies

Saab receives order for Swedish future fighter concept studies

Saab receives order for Swedish future fighter concept studies

Saab has received an order from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) regarding conceptual studies for future fighter systems. The contract period is 2024-2025.

This includes conceptual studies of manned and unmanned solutions in a system of system perspective, technology development and demonstrations. Saab will collaborate closely with FMV, the Swedish Armed Forces, The Swedish Defence Research Agency, GKN Aerospace and other industry partners. 

“Saab is in a strong position, and having recently developed Gripen E and GlobalEye we have the advanced technology and engineering know-how to take the future fighter concept forward. This means we will continue delivering innovative solutions to meet the future operational needs of the Swedish Armed Forces and other customers,” says Lars Tossman, head of Saab’s business area Aeronautics.

Saab will further develop collaborations with stakeholders working with emerging and disruptive technologies, which will play an important part in future combat aircraft systems. Saab will also explore innovation platforms including the Swedish Government's Defense Innovation Initiative and NATO's Defense Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic. 

The concept studies included in this contract will take place in parallel with Saab upgrading Gripen C/D and introducing Gripen E in Sweden and Brazil.

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https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/sweden-asks-saab-to-study-future-fighter-concepts/

Sweden asks Saab to study ‘future fighter concepts’

As Stockholm plots its way forward, Saab CEO Micael Johansson had called for such a study in a previous interview with Breaking Defense.

By   LEE FERRANon March 22, 2024 at 10:30 AM

A future fighter will eventually succeed Swedish Air Force Gripen E fighter jets but “fact finding” continues in order to support an acquisition decision. (Saab Twitter)

WASHINGTON — The Swedish military has asked local defense giant Saab to conduct “conceptual studies for future fighter systems,” the company announced today.

“This includes conceptual studies of manned and unmanned solutions in a system of system perspective, technology development and demonstrations,” Saab said in a press release. The Stockholm-based firm said it would work with government agencies and industry partners on the study.

The announcement comes after Saab CEO Micael Johansson called for additional study in an interview with Breaking Defense in September.

At the time, Johansson said Saab was already part of an initial Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) study but said he hoped the agency “will now move forward with a more comprehensive study and put more money into it so we can test and simulate things.”

Weeks after those comments, an official speaking at the International Fighter Conference in Madrid told the audience that Sweden planned to delay a decision on how to approach its future fighter jet needs until 2031 and in the meantime would be assessing the “risks and possibilities” of different approaches.

Three options are on the table: Either “build a system, develop a system with someone, or… acquire a system,” the official said, speaking under Chatham House Rules. “It’s an open question.”

Saab, it appears, has been contracted to answer at least part of that question.

For a time Sweden had been party to the UK-led Future Combat Air System (FCAS) but has paused its participation. FCAS is one of several competing international initiatives to explore next-generation “system of system” concepts in which a new fighter plays a central role in a multi-part combat effort.

RELATED: FCAS? SCAF? Tempest? Explaining Europe’s sixth-generation fighter efforts

Sweden, however, is not in the greatest of hurries as it weighs its options; the Saab-made Gripens it flies now are expected to be able to serve for decades to come.

“We do not have an immediate need for a new fighter, which perhaps is different for other nations,” Gen. Lars Helmrich, director of air and space systems at the Swedish Defence Material Administration, said at an event hosted by the Swedish Air Force Fan Club in Paris in June 2023. “We’re looking to start early [for planning purposes] and be better situated for when we need to decide on the next fighter. It’s a matter of pace.”

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FMV 발표에도 돈은 안나오네요. 기간과 돈이 나오면 man-year를 얼마나 투입하는지 대충 추정할 수 있는데...

https://www.fmv.se/aktuellt--press/aktuella-handelser/fmv-tecknar-kontrakt-om-vagval-stridsflyg/

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해당 기법이 어떤 방법인지 여쭤봐도 될까요?

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그냥 “저 돈이 다 인건비라면”이라고 가정하고 그 나라 엔지니어 1년 평균 인건비로 나누는 것이죠. ^^;;;

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개념연구면 사실상 거의 인건비이긴 하겠네요 ㅎㅎ 엔지니어 직종, 직급별 인건비 자료만 찾을 수 있으면 대충 추산이 가능하겠습니다