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US offensive in bid to sell F-18 jets to Brazil
Rio De Janeiro: The arrival of a giant US aircraft carrier here Friday with F/A-18 jet fighters aboard is a step in Washington’s offensive to win a multi-billion-dollar contract to supply Brazil’s air force with modern jet fighters. US Rear Admiral Ted Branch told reporters that the visit of the USS Carl Vinson is aimed [...]
Brazil to make fighter jet decision by end of March: general
Brasilia: Brazil will likely designate the winner of a multi-billion-dollar tender to supply its air force with modern jet fighters by the end of March, the head of the service, General Juniti Saito, said Tuesday. Saito stressed that it would be a “political and strategic decision” made by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, following [...]
Helibras to Upgrade Brazilian Army Panther helicopters
MARIGNANE, France: Helicópteros do Brasil S.A. – Helibras, Eurocopter subsidiary in Brazil, signed on the 24th of December 2009 a contract to upgrade 34 AS365K Panther helicopters of the Brazilian Army Aviation. This is the largest service contract signed by the Brazilian subsidiary in more than 30 years of presence in the country. This Programme [...]
Brazilian government to decide on fighter jets: minister
Geneva: Brazil’s government will decide which company is awarded a seven-billion-dollar contract for 36 high-tech fighter jets, a minister said Wednesday, after the air force backed a different supplier. “The final decision is still political,” Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said in Geneva. “Obviously we will study (and) take into account what is in the (technical) [...]
Budgets, Procurement Soaring in Brazil, Russia, India and China
LONDON: Frost & Sullivan estimates that the rapidly developing economies of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC), will reach their collective peak by 2050, overtaking current economic leaders to emerge as the world’s richest nations. As their economies rebound, defence budgets and procurement will soar, offering enormous growth opportunities for diverse defence industries. New analysis [...]
Saab Delivers the Perfect Match to Brazil
Saab has today submitted an update on the proposal offering 36 Gripen Next Generation (NG) to the Brazilian Air Force. The offer consists of a cost-effective solution, a comprehensive Technology Transfer and a unique competitive partnership between Brazil and Sweden. The updated proposal fulfills all the requirements stated by Brazil to develop, manufacture, operate, maintain [...]
Brazilian Engineers Already Working on the Gripen Fighter Project
While the Brazilian government decides to give another chance for the companies to improve their offers in the bid for the new fighter planes Brazil is buying, the technology transfer for this type of airplane has already begun with at least one of the competitors, Saab. [Led] by Akaer, the companies Friuli, Winnstal, Minoica and [...]
Brazil sets deadline on fighter jet deal
Brasilia: Brazil has set a deadline for French manufacturer Dassault to finalize its bid for a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet contract, also increasing pressure on competing offers by Swedish and US firms. Dassault has until September 21 to “formalize before the Brazilian Air Force a commercial proposition for the Rafale fighter jet consistent with the parameters [...]
Brazil’s plan to buy French rafale fighter jets hits turbulence
Rio De Janeiro: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s stated plans to award a multi-billion-dollar fighter jet contract to France ran into turbulence on Wednesday amid pressure from rival bidders and Brazil’s air force. The selection process “has not yet finished,” Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said in a statement late Tuesday. Brazil “will continue [...]
