Daniels: Saab jet fighter plant crucial for Discovery Park District, Purdue’s push for national security research

Plus, a Q&A with Fergus Daly with the release of his band’s outstanding ‘Light for the Living’

(Photo: Saab)

Open just past the western fringes of Purdue’s West Lafayette campus for much of 2021 already, prepping to build fuselages for the Air Force’s next-generation fighter jet trainer, Saab marked its ceremonial grand opening Wednesday.

Under a fog of blue lighting and rock concert-quality promo videos of the $50 million plant’s mission – “My bod…