LO are you confusing the UK with Denmark? They are buying the A model not the B. I thought I'd throw in the normal adnauseum refrain about lack of range and payload with respect to the Gripen using the B's specs
Then again we have some fairly aircraft carrier specific requirements that they don't.
To be fair I did use the Gripen D's payload and range cos that's the 'cheap' one but the new one is still an ongoing development and if it goes like every other aircraft development I'm sure we'll see the over promise and under deliver, exceeding costs cycle start on the Gripen E.