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  Rousseff Leaning Strongly Towards Rafale

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 8:03 AM on Feb 13, 2012

  Brazil's last doubts over the Rafale combat aircraft have been lifted by India's choice of the French-designed plane, but Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she will not make ... Read More >>

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  Tender Sharing between India and Brazil

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 5:46 PM on Feb 10, 2012

  India is to share with Brazil some of its documentation – without revealing anything confidential – on the MMRCA (Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft) contract it is negot... Read More >>

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  Brazil Should Make Combat Aircraft Decision by Spring

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 5:53 PM on Jan 19, 2012

  Brazil's defense minister, Celso Amorim, says he hopes a government decision concerning the purchase of 36 new fighter aircraft for the Brazilian air force will be taken before the... Read More >>

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  What Now For F-X2? Boeing, Saab, Dassault Left to Wonder

  Posted by Robert Wall 7:18 AM on Aug 05, 2011

  The resignation of Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim raises further questions about whether the Brazilian government will move forward with its F-X2 fighter plan.Jobim fell a... Read More >>

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  Brazil Rides the Hypersonic Wave

  Posted by Robert Wall 6:21 AM on Apr 13, 2011

  Hypersonics is where it is at, these days, when it comes to military aerospace technology. It is no different in Brazil, one of the emerging powerhouses in aerospace.Brazil, with a... Read More >>

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  Will Brazil's Budget Cut Spell A Further F-X2 Delay?

  Posted by Robert Wall 12:30 PM on Feb 21, 2011

  The Brazilian defense minister, Nelson Jobim, says a decision to cut 2011 defense spending does not mean the long-running F-X2 fighter competition is delayed or scrapped. The reaso... Read More >>

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  More Hermes 450 UAVs to Brazil

  Posted by Noam Eshel 11:56 AM on Jan 19, 2011

  Elbit Systems’ Brazilian subsidiary Aeroeletrônica Ltda. (AEL) has won a contract to supply additional Hermes 450 unmanned aerial systems to the Brazilian Air Force (FA... Read More >>

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  Could Floods Wash Away F-X2?

  Posted by Robert Wall 8:44 AM on Jan 14, 2011

  The floods that have hit south-eastern Brazil could have ramifications for the country's defense budget plans.In particular, it may give the country's new president, Dilma Roussef,... Read More >>

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  Better Bandeirante for Brazil

  Posted by Robert Wall 12:31 PM on Dec 15, 2010

  The first upgraded Brazilian air force Bandeirante has completed its first flight. Elbit (which released these photos) is performing the upgrade of the C-95 transport version and ... Read More >>

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  Brazil, France and WikiLeaks

  Posted by Christina Mackenzie 9:45 PM on Dec 06, 2010

  More revelations about the murky world of combat aircraft sales from WikiLeak documents, published by French daily Le Monde on its Internet site. Le Monde is one of five newspapers... Read More >>

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