Saab has for the first time displayed a Gripen E simulator equipped with a Wide Area Display at the Defexpo exhibition in India, held between 11-14 April. The Wide Area Display in Gripen E is a panoramic high-resolution screen with the capacity to receive inputs from multitask keys, the touchscreen or external interfaces.

The wide area display touchscreen enables a fully-configurable information presentation even in mid-mission. The WAD is developed by the Brazilian-based company AEL Sistemas as a part of the Brazilian Gripen technology transfer agreement.