Being first doesn't always require a practically infinite budget (but being friends with America often helps).
In the 1960s, Sweden found itself in a very specific position which allowed engineers at SAAB to develop the first integrated circuit based computer to be used in an aircraft. The CK37 was at least several years ahead of its time, and even then, it was built from components that were available to civilians.
3D animation by Artem Tatarchenko:
https://www.instagram.com/artem.iskustvo/
https://www.youtube.com/@Artem.Kak.Art./videos
(sorry I forgot to add watermarks to Artem's animations in this video. His are the ones that look good, I did the ones that don't)
Intro music:
Song "322" by Creo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmobbPTaFcw
licensed under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
The main source of information was a collection of Declassified documents kindly provided by Alexander Blix. I will be making these publicly available in the next few days so please check back here soon to find them
All other sources available here:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kw9ai3wqqr9adzru9fcxr/viggen-sources.ods?rlkey=5obynqn2j1k3rbqhjkdo4rjj6&st=lzllx5uj&dl=0
Playlist of videos sources:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLI2UlFg4eJTHL0og954gwXQdkTKlDx_E3
00:00 Simping for Scandinavia
03:33 Introduction
06:38 The Need for a Flight Computer
09:32 Contextual Comparison
14:19 What the CK37 Did
24:27 Development History
30:53 Hardware Overview
38:46 Software
47:41 'The Stupid Cuban Missile Crisis'
55:19 Conclusions