Miragedriver
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It is basically a status symbol. Such as, my (fill in blank) is larger than your. Additionally Brazil wants to be a player on the world stage and an aircraft carrier gives clout to your navy.
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It is basically a status symbol. Such as, my (fill in blank) is larger than your. Additionally Brazil wants to be a player on the world stage and an aircraft carrier gives clout to your navy.
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Blackstone
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So, what kind of status symbol does Brazil enjoy by fielding an aircraft carrier it can't upgrade, using A-4s it doesn't modernize?
Miragedriver
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Well it is a better carrier than the World War 2 Colossus Class they had before. Even though this carrier cannot be modernized, it can still function for 15 to 20 years until Brazil (with either China or France) construct a replacement. So in effect this vessel is a place holder for the Brazilian Navy until they can develop a carrier in conjunction with a strategic partner.
In regards to the aircraft, this is a step above what was utilized before. The a-4s are also a place holder to keep naval aviation alive in Brazil. These aircraft are surly to be replaced by JAS-30 Sea Gripens in the near future.
Things in South America operate differently than in other parts of the world. If you see the carrier and the aircraft as a place holder to maintain a Naval Air Arm, then it makes sense.
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The Brazilian Congress votes defense agreement with the United States
(Defensa.com) The Defense Cooperation Agreement signed in April 2010 by Brazil and the United States has been validated in a new vote by the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense of the House of Representatives addition, two other agreements still have to be sent to Congress for easy access of sensitive products of Brazil to the United States. One refers to technological safeguards and other affects the confidentiality of information produced in the framework of bilateral cooperation.
The Agreement on Defence Cooperation was signed in Washington on April 12, 2010, by the then Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. According to the Brazilian government, the document aims to strengthen cooperation with emphasis on the areas of technology, systems and defense equipment, the acquisition of defense equipment, exchange of information and experiences, and joint training and exercises. The agreement also provides that the defense cooperation between the two countries may include visits by high-level delegations to civil authorities and military contacts at a technical level meetings between defense institutions, exchange of students, faculty, staff training, participation in training events and Improvement, ship visits, holding of sports and cultural events, facilitation of commercial initiatives related to defense and the development and implementation of programs and projects of defense technology.
Cooperation between Brazil and the United States does not provide for the installation or use of Brazilian military bases by the United States. According to the text of the document, "the agreement will be an important step in bilateral cooperation in the defense area landmark. It contributes also to establish new level of relationship between the two countries."
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(Defensa.com) The Defense Cooperation Agreement signed in April 2010 by Brazil and the United States has been validated in a new vote by the Committee on Foreign Relations and National Defense of the House of Representatives addition, two other agreements still have to be sent to Congress for easy access of sensitive products of Brazil to the United States. One refers to technological safeguards and other affects the confidentiality of information produced in the framework of bilateral cooperation.
The Agreement on Defence Cooperation was signed in Washington on April 12, 2010, by the then Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates. According to the Brazilian government, the document aims to strengthen cooperation with emphasis on the areas of technology, systems and defense equipment, the acquisition of defense equipment, exchange of information and experiences, and joint training and exercises. The agreement also provides that the defense cooperation between the two countries may include visits by high-level delegations to civil authorities and military contacts at a technical level meetings between defense institutions, exchange of students, faculty, staff training, participation in training events and Improvement, ship visits, holding of sports and cultural events, facilitation of commercial initiatives related to defense and the development and implementation of programs and projects of defense technology.
Cooperation between Brazil and the United States does not provide for the installation or use of Brazilian military bases by the United States. According to the text of the document, "the agreement will be an important step in bilateral cooperation in the defense area landmark. It contributes also to establish new level of relationship between the two countries."
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Miragedriver
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You beat me to the post my good friend. Thank you for the assistance
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Airbus will be installed in Porto Alegre
(Defensa.com) The Airbus group will invest 55 million dollars to build a plant in Porto Alegre. The announcement was made by Mayor Jose Fortunati, after meeting with the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, José Ivo Sartori. According to local sources, the factory would be located in the Fourth District, the central area of the gaucho capital. The contract should be signed in 2015 and the start of operations is planned throughout 2016. The unit will produce public safety equipment.
The negotiations were launched by the Municipal Secretary of Finance, Jorge Tonetto, in December last year. 26 this May, a delegation, in the presence of Rio Grande do Sul Governor and Mayor Fortunati, he will go to Paris for a meeting at the headquarters of the company. No estimate of the number of direct and indirect jobs that are still generated, but the prospects are very optimistic. According to the city government, Porto Alegre was chosen by the company because of the infrastructure in the area of data processing, the presence of technology centers as Tecnopuc and the proximity of Tecnosinos in São Leopoldo (where 120 companies are installed , including aircraft simulators exisotoso of PRBS).
The first project, explained the secretary Tonetto is called Safe City, which provides, inter alia, Tetra radio communications, the same type that now uses the Federal Police. From the capital, which could be extended to the 50 largest cities in the state. As explained Fortunati, investments in public safety and security radio are unprecedented in the state. "Airbus is trying to develop a new model dedicated to security intelligence, ranging from trekking centers within interconnected control. These technologies already exist in Europe and obviously we want these investments are filed here in Porto Alegre."
Municipal staff from Finance and Planning are studying the best location for the project in the north of the city, which will be presented to the team of Airbus. This is the 4th .. District of Porto Alegre, a former industrial area of the city, composed of the Navegantes, Sao Geraldo and Floresta neighborhood, next to the river port, railway, airport and the entrance to the city, which bridges mediantes on Guaíba, linking the capital of Rio Grande do Sul with the rest of the state, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. This would be the second large multinational company dedicated to the security and defense, to settle in Porto Alegre, then that years ago did, Elbit associated with AEL, and the third in Rio Grande, after the arrival of KMW to Santa Maria The other major pole-technological industry in the field that is taking shape in the region. In Brazil, the Airbus group controls Helibras, maintaining business units in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasilia and Itajubá.
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(Defensa.com) The Airbus group will invest 55 million dollars to build a plant in Porto Alegre. The announcement was made by Mayor Jose Fortunati, after meeting with the governor of Rio Grande do Sul, José Ivo Sartori. According to local sources, the factory would be located in the Fourth District, the central area of the gaucho capital. The contract should be signed in 2015 and the start of operations is planned throughout 2016. The unit will produce public safety equipment.
The negotiations were launched by the Municipal Secretary of Finance, Jorge Tonetto, in December last year. 26 this May, a delegation, in the presence of Rio Grande do Sul Governor and Mayor Fortunati, he will go to Paris for a meeting at the headquarters of the company. No estimate of the number of direct and indirect jobs that are still generated, but the prospects are very optimistic. According to the city government, Porto Alegre was chosen by the company because of the infrastructure in the area of data processing, the presence of technology centers as Tecnopuc and the proximity of Tecnosinos in São Leopoldo (where 120 companies are installed , including aircraft simulators exisotoso of PRBS).
The first project, explained the secretary Tonetto is called Safe City, which provides, inter alia, Tetra radio communications, the same type that now uses the Federal Police. From the capital, which could be extended to the 50 largest cities in the state. As explained Fortunati, investments in public safety and security radio are unprecedented in the state. "Airbus is trying to develop a new model dedicated to security intelligence, ranging from trekking centers within interconnected control. These technologies already exist in Europe and obviously we want these investments are filed here in Porto Alegre."
Municipal staff from Finance and Planning are studying the best location for the project in the north of the city, which will be presented to the team of Airbus. This is the 4th .. District of Porto Alegre, a former industrial area of the city, composed of the Navegantes, Sao Geraldo and Floresta neighborhood, next to the river port, railway, airport and the entrance to the city, which bridges mediantes on Guaíba, linking the capital of Rio Grande do Sul with the rest of the state, Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. This would be the second large multinational company dedicated to the security and defense, to settle in Porto Alegre, then that years ago did, Elbit associated with AEL, and the third in Rio Grande, after the arrival of KMW to Santa Maria The other major pole-technological industry in the field that is taking shape in the region. In Brazil, the Airbus group controls Helibras, maintaining business units in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brasilia and Itajubá.
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Rosneft Clinches Exploration Deal in Basin
Russia's largest energy producer has signed a deal with the Brazilian company PetroRio to operate the exploration of sites in the Amazon's Solimoes Basin.
Rosneft, the world's largest publicly-traded petroleum company, has raised its stake in an oil and gas prospecting venture in the Brazilian to 100 percent, giving it complete control over two onshore gas and oil leases in the Solimoes Basin of the River.
The Russian company increased its stake after agreeing to a deal with Brazilian oil producer PetroRio, also known as HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA.
Rosneft acquired its 45 percent stake in the Solimoes project after its takeover of the oil company TNK-BP in 2011, which made it the world's largest oil producer.
In November 2013, Rosneft Brazil and PetroRio made an agreement for Rosneft to obtain an additional six percent in the Solimoes project, raising its stake to 51 percent and giving it the status of operator of the project.
The deal was finally approved by Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels in July of last year. According to the July announcement from Rosneft, the transaction amounted to $96 million, with Rosneft also acquiring four heli-transportable rigs from the Brazilian company. In addition, Rosneft provided PetroRio with a loan facility of up to $40 million to finance HRT investments inSolimoes for a period of 12 months.
"The Solimoes project establishes Rosneft in Brazil, a country with major upstream growth opportunities and synergies with Rosneft operations in Venezuela," Rosneft stated.
According to media reports, the latest deal between the two companies is due to be announced on Monday and is valued at $55 million.
Rosneft reports that the resources of the Solimoes project consist of 34 million tons of oil and 73 billion cubic meters of gas, according to the project's prospecting works, which have been carried out over an area of 44.5 thousand square kilometers in the basin to date. The company says that 75 percent of the basin's area remains untapped, with the potential for extracting 100 million tons of oil equivalent exist, while gas reserves of 28-37 billion cubic meters have been confirmed.
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Russia's largest energy producer has signed a deal with the Brazilian company PetroRio to operate the exploration of sites in the Amazon's Solimoes Basin.
Rosneft, the world's largest publicly-traded petroleum company, has raised its stake in an oil and gas prospecting venture in the Brazilian to 100 percent, giving it complete control over two onshore gas and oil leases in the Solimoes Basin of the River.
The Russian company increased its stake after agreeing to a deal with Brazilian oil producer PetroRio, also known as HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA.
Rosneft acquired its 45 percent stake in the Solimoes project after its takeover of the oil company TNK-BP in 2011, which made it the world's largest oil producer.
In November 2013, Rosneft Brazil and PetroRio made an agreement for Rosneft to obtain an additional six percent in the Solimoes project, raising its stake to 51 percent and giving it the status of operator of the project.
The deal was finally approved by Brazil's National Agency of Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels in July of last year. According to the July announcement from Rosneft, the transaction amounted to $96 million, with Rosneft also acquiring four heli-transportable rigs from the Brazilian company. In addition, Rosneft provided PetroRio with a loan facility of up to $40 million to finance HRT investments inSolimoes for a period of 12 months.
"The Solimoes project establishes Rosneft in Brazil, a country with major upstream growth opportunities and synergies with Rosneft operations in Venezuela," Rosneft stated.
According to media reports, the latest deal between the two companies is due to be announced on Monday and is valued at $55 million.
Rosneft reports that the resources of the Solimoes project consist of 34 million tons of oil and 73 billion cubic meters of gas, according to the project's prospecting works, which have been carried out over an area of 44.5 thousand square kilometers in the basin to date. The company says that 75 percent of the basin's area remains untapped, with the potential for extracting 100 million tons of oil equivalent exist, while gas reserves of 28-37 billion cubic meters have been confirmed.
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Russia, Brazil discuss joint production of armored police cars
Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Monday it was holding talks with Brazil on setting up a joint venture for manufacturing light-armor police vehicles.
The GAZ-2330 Tigr vehicle, manufactured by Russia's Arzamas machinery plant (AMZ), will be exhibited at Latin America Aero and Defense (LAAD) on April 12-15 in Rio de Janeiro.
"Construction of licensed production and assembly facilities, manufacturing certain armored and motor vehicles and small arms, is evolving into one of the crucial lines of military technical cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries," Rosoboronexport said in a statement.
The Russian exposition at LAAD-2011 is sponsored by the Russian Technologies State Corporation, and the Russian delegation is headed by of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin.
Russia, the world's second largest arms exporter after the United States, sold $8.6 billion worth of weaponry last year.
Rosoboronexport has established mutually beneficial arms trade ties with Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, and Ecuador through active marketing efforts. These countries express their interest in Russian air defense systems, radars, combat aircraft and helicopters, naval equipment, and small arms.
MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti)
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Russia's state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Monday it was holding talks with Brazil on setting up a joint venture for manufacturing light-armor police vehicles.
The GAZ-2330 Tigr vehicle, manufactured by Russia's Arzamas machinery plant (AMZ), will be exhibited at Latin America Aero and Defense (LAAD) on April 12-15 in Rio de Janeiro.
"Construction of licensed production and assembly facilities, manufacturing certain armored and motor vehicles and small arms, is evolving into one of the crucial lines of military technical cooperation between Russia and Latin American countries," Rosoboronexport said in a statement.
The Russian exposition at LAAD-2011 is sponsored by the Russian Technologies State Corporation, and the Russian delegation is headed by of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Alexander Fomin.
Russia, the world's second largest arms exporter after the United States, sold $8.6 billion worth of weaponry last year.
Rosoboronexport has established mutually beneficial arms trade ties with Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Uruguay, and Ecuador through active marketing efforts. These countries express their interest in Russian air defense systems, radars, combat aircraft and helicopters, naval equipment, and small arms.
MOSCOW,(RIA Novosti)
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