Svenska Flygmotor RM8 family
The Swedish afterburning turbofan family adapted by Svenska Flygmotor from Pratt & Whitney's JT8D-22 for the Saab 37 Viggen.
Identity
- Aliases
- RM8SFA RM8Volvo RM8
- Domains
- aviation
- Identity Level
- family
- Kind
- turbofan
- Name
- Svenska Flygmotor RM8 family
- Status
- retired
Details
- Description
- The Swedish afterburning turbofan family adapted by Svenska Flygmotor from Pratt & Whitney's JT8D-22 for the Saab 37 Viggen.
- Developers
- Lineage
- Note
- The RM8 was developed and manufactured in Sweden under the JT8D-22 license; this edge records the licensed design basis without treating RM8 as an unmodified JT8D identity.
- Related Propulsion System
- Relationship
- licensed-production-of
- Sources
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Nested value
- Manufacturers
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:32:47 UTC
- Updated Time
- July 30, 2026 at 20:33:45 UTC
Other
- Sources
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Maps RM8A to AJ, SK, SH, and SF 37 and RM8B to JA 37; documents the JT8D-22 license agreement, SFA/Pratt & Whitney cooperation, three-stage RM8B fan, and 115.6/125 kN afterburning ratings.
- Publisher
- Svensk Militär Flygplanshistorik
- Title
- Fpl 37 – Teknik och data
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Technical-history table maps Pratt & Whitney JT8D to Swedish RM8A and RM8B and distinguishes the licensed Swedish adaptations and their afterburning/dry thrust values.
- Publisher
- Flyg- och rymdtekniska föreningen
- Title
- Aerospace Propulsion: From Insects to Spaceflight
- Accessed Date
- 2026-07-30
- Note
- Preserves the historical entity boundary: Nohab Flygmotorfabrik became Svenska Flygmotor AB in 1941, then Volvo Flygmotor, Volvo Aero, and GKN Aerospace Sweden; it describes the Viggen engine as a Volvo Flygmotor reworking of a civil Pratt & Whitney engine.
- Publisher
- Sveriges riksdag
- Title
- Framtidens flyg (Rapport från riksdagen 2013/14:RFR16)