The Saab 37 Viggen is a Swedish multirole military aircraft built with a distinctive double-delta wing and forward canard, entering Swedish Air Force service in 1971 as one of the first canard-delta combat aircraft to reach production anywhere in the world. Developed to meet Sweden's policy of a self-sufficient defense industry and its doctrine of dispersing combat aircraft onto short road strips rather than concentrating them on vulnerable air bases, it was built with a thrust-reverser and reinforced landing gear suited to short-field operation, and separate variants covered the interceptor, attack and reconnaissance roles.
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SignificanceFirst canard-equipped aircraft produced in quantity and first to carry an airborne digital central computer with integrated circuits. 1 Manufacturer or Builder In the Other Atlases
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1. Wikipedia, Saab 37 Viggen
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is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab
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The prototype performed its maiden flight on 8 February 1967
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It was the first canard-equipped aircraft to be produced in quantity and the first to carry an airborne digital central computer with integrated circuits for its avionics
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The Saab 37 Viggen (The Tufted Duck; the word also means The Thunderbolt) is a single-seat, single-engine multirole combat aircraft designed and produced by the Swedish aircraft manufacturer Saab.
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