Rolls Royce’s New Engine Could End U S Control of Gripen — Canada in Focus
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Rolls-Royce’s new EJ230 engine could significantly alter the strategic balance surrounding Saab’s Gripen fighter program. For decades, U.S. export control laws and American-made engines have given Washington influence over where the Gripen could be sold, upgraded, and supported. That dynamic may now be changing.
With the adaptation of the Rolls-Royce EJ230, a development of the EJ200 used on the Eurofighter Typhoon, Saab’s Gripen E could potentially operate without reliance on the U.S.-made F414 engine. If implemented, this shift could remove American ITAR oversight and reshape how the aircraft is exported globally.
Canada sits at the center of this development. With existing Rolls-Royce aerospace operations in Montreal and Saab’s industrial partnership proposals, a non-American engine configuration could have major implications for Canadian defense manufacturing, jobs, and long-term procurement strategy.
This video examines:
How the EJ230 differs from the F414
What U.S. export control means for fighter sales
Why Sweden has sought greater propulsion independence
Canada’s role in a possible industrial shift
What this could mean for Ukraine and other potential operators
How global air power dynamics may evolve
This is a structural change in defense supply chains — not just a technical upgrade.
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