November 29, 2012 defense-aerospace.com
(Source: Saab Gripen blog; posted Nov. 29, 2012)
FMV (the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) has been commissioned to work with the Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States to develop a bio-based fuel for the Gripen, says Sweden’s Defence Minister Karin Enstrom, in a report in NyTeknik.
According to Enstrom, climate change is the greatest environmental challenge and the Swedish Alliance Government has set an ambitious energy and climate policy that aims to increase energy efficiency up to 20 percent by 2020.
Enstrom also suggests that technology cooperation with other nations for the development of the biofuels needs to be encouraged. Sharing the cost with others would eventually help reduce the cost of maintenance and further development of the Gripen system.
“I see the partnership that now begins for biofuel for the Gripen as a concrete example of how we can work to make the system more climate smart and contribute to the development of tomorrow's environmental technology,” she concludes.
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