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Still do.


The SAAB 21R used a licensed-built Goblin (first Swedish jet, most converted from piston-engined 21As).

The SAAB 29 Tunnan used a licensed-built Ghost.

The SAAB 32 Lansen used a licensed-built Avon 100*.

The SAAB 35 Draken used a licensed-built Avon 200 or 300.

The SAAB 36 was a supersonic nuclear bomber project, to use a licensed-built Olympus.

The SAAB 37 Viggen used a licensed-built P&W JT8D (turbofan version of P&W J52) modified with an afterburner.

The SAAB 39 Gripen uses a licensed-built GE F404 (A-D) or GE F414 (E).

The SAAB 105 used a licensed-built Turbomeca  Aubisque, and GE J85, and Williams International FJ44.



* the only one planned for a Swedish engine design - initially envisaged as powered with the indigenously produced STAL Dovern turbojet engine. However, both timescale and technical difficulties encountered during the development of the Dovern resulted in the Swedish government electing to substitute the intended Dovern engine with the license-built Rolls-Royce Avon Series 100 turbojet engine, designated RM.5, instead.


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