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Blackstone said:

I'm not clear why Brazil spends money and resource on an aircraft carrier. I say that because Brazil doesn't have maritime disputes with its neighbors, nor is it in danger of seaborne invasions. So, why not spend the money on other military needs?

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Well technically the US doesn't have those things either ....

I think when you're a country as big as Brazil with a fairly decent GDP and a long coastline facing the Atlantic, it's prudent you have at least a carrier. Same goes with Argentina.
Speaking strictly from a strategic standpoint Argentina probably needs a carrier more than most countries in the world but it's a huge capital investment and one that the country cannot afford right now.

While first and formost a weapon of war, a carrier is also an amazingly versatile platform for humanitarian or other type of operations/missions. You basicaly have an airfield immediately where none existed before.

Brazil is 1st customer for BAE Systems 40Mk4 gun


BAE Systems 40 Mk4 Naval Gun Selected By Brazilian Navy for 500T “Macae” Class Patrol Vessels

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Brazil is 1st customer for BAE Systems 40Mk4 gun


BAE Systems 40 Mk4 Naval Gun Selected By Brazilian Navy for 500T “Macae” Class Patrol Vessels

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Confirmed for October the release of nano Brazilian satellite Serpens


The small satellite Serpens - acronym for Space System for Conducting Research and Experiments with Nanossatélites - is scheduled to launch the International Space Station (ISS) in October. The academic consortium coordinated by the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB), which is responsible for developing the CubSat received on Wednesday (6) the project approval report by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), after examining the additional electrical tests that were ordered upon approval of the Project Safety Review (SAR, its acronym in English), made in April in Japan.

Additional tests were also carried out in the Integration and Tests Laboratory (LIT) of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE), in São José dos Campos (SP), where the nanossatélite was integrated and tested from February. Participated in these activities a team of students from the University of Brasilia (UNB) and Vigo, Spain, with the participation and technical monitoring and INPE engineers and students of the Technological Institute of Aeronautics (ITA), who participated in the design and development of Itasat . Additional tests were ordered because of the satellite will be launched from a space vehicle with crew demanding to these questions stricter security cases. In orbit, the satellite will test small simple CubeSat use concepts for the receipt, storage and retransmission of messages by radio system. The proposal is to illustrate that in the future small satellites can be used to add functionality to the environmental data collection system in the country.

The main objective of Serpens project is the training of human resources and the consolidation of new Brazilian space engineering courses. Also participating in the project the federal universities of ABC (UFABC), Santa Catarina (UFSC), Minas Gerais (UFMG) and the Federal Institute Fluminense (IFF). From the outside, beyond the Spanish university are integrated into the project the Sapienza Università di Roma (Italy) and the US Morehead State University and California State Polytechnic University.

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Modernizing of Brazilian armored vehicles is progressing


(Defensa.com) Brazilian company Technicae Projectos e Serviços Automotivos is undertaking the modernization of armored personnel carrier EE-11 Brazilian Army Urutu Earth. The first and modernized vehicles would be delivered shortly to the Brazilian Army, being scheduled in December next year and delivered twenty modernized.

In November 2014 Technicae and Arsenal de Guerra de São Paulo (GAPS) signed a contract valued at 1,400 million dollars which includes the modernization of Urutu, instalándoles a new propulsion plant consists of diesel engine Mercedes Benz OM 366A with an output 230 horsepower (hp.) and Allison automatic transmission MT-643. These improvements are expected to extend the life of these vehicles until 2020 and allow the 6x6 wheeled vehicle to reach a road speed of 110 km / h and 80 km / h cross country, also increasing its range of 750-950 kilometers .

Technicae is 90% owned by Singapore's ST Kinetics company through its subsidiary Mobility Systems Pte Ltd. (MSPL). Technicae MSPL has invested in 4,100 million dollars since it landed in the Brazilian company that provides maintenance services for vehicles.




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A Chinese company will build the new Brazilian Antarctic base for nearly 100 million dollars


(Defensa.com) has officially published the award of the Command of the Navy for the construction of the new Brazilian Antarctic base to the Chinese company CEIEC amounting to 99.6 million dollars, announcement by Defense Minister Jaques Wagner .

The Chinese company made the lowest bid (99,662,426.45) versus other two who had a Finnish company for 104.8 million dollars and a group of Chilean and Brazilian companies valued at 110.4 million dollars.

The fact that this contract was originally bid only for Brazilian companies but desert was given. But the decision now announced will allow rebuilding scientific and military base called "Comandante Ferraz" which was destroyed by approximately 70% after it suffered a fire in 2012 that claimed the death of two officers of the Brazilian Navy.

They remained intact only shelters (isolated modules for emergencies), laboratories meteorology, chemistry and studies of the upper atmosphere, fuel tanks two processing modules freshwater, radio station and emergency helipad, and were sites that were isolated from the main structure.

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Sharp cuts in investment for Defense in Brazil


(Defensa.com) The hardness of the cuts might affect various ongoing programs. The amount allocated to the Ministry of Defense to manage investments in the National Defense Program is lower by more than 50% of what was actually intended for that purpose until April 2014. Last year, about 1.6 billion had already been applied in the program's initiatives.

System Brazilian Airspace Control (SISCEAB), for example, received in April only 2% (12 million) authorized for the project in the budget amount - nearly $ 600 million. The rest of the funds transferred to SISCEAB (99 million) is the accounting discharge of expenditure in previous years. The issue concerned in this regard in the face of the current security problems in regard to general and sports, with aviation accidents or incidents weekly.

Another initiative, before and whose priority funds transfers are virtually stagnant, it is expected that the final installation of the shipyard and naval base for the construction and maintenance of conventional and nuclear submarines in Itaguaí. Of the 450 million authorized by the Budget Law for it, only 8% dollars was disbursed until April. The value includes the outstanding commitments. Last year, 220 million had already been invested in the initiative for the same period.

Plans for the acquisition and development of replenishing freighter aircraft and Embraer KC-390 have also been severely affected. The program received only 7% of the 550 million originally approved, compared with 17% of performance in last year's budget dollars. It would not be surprising in this context, if a civilian alternative freighter back is expected to reconsider, as was negotiated in 2007 with the project even then on paper, with the Brazilian Post and Telegraph (ECT) or similar customers.

Authorized in the 2015 budget for the purchase of 36 Gripen fighters with weapons, flight simulators and other systems integration services, mostly carried out in Brazil 350 million, they are not even committed for later payment. Caracal helicopter program for the three armed forces was also slowed down, at least for two years, in order to complete deliveries already scheduled.

The device SISFRON with border control has already begun a stretch on the western border of Brazil should proceed much slower, and the launch of the program to replace the "Universal T-25" coaches, Air Force, by Novaer SAVIS or the like, while, during LAAD, the Ministry of Defense itself is slowing PROSUPER naval program for obtaining surface means (mainly frigates and logistics ships) recognized.

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The first Indra simulator for H 225 / H225M arrives at the Training Center in Helibras


(Defensa.com) The first Full Flight Simulator (FFS) H 225 for the new Training and Simulation Center (CTS) Helibras in Brazil is already being installed. The equipment will allow helicopter operators and H225M H-225 (ex EC-725) train through simulations of real missions usually performed by these helicopters. Located in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, southwest of Rio de Janeiro, the CTS should begin operations in the fourth quarter of 2015. Equipment Helibras and Indra, responsible for assembling the devices, already working in the hangar of the Center.

The National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC) held a specific operational evaluation Airbus simulator helicopters of the same type, the "Dual Qualification FFSB / FTD3" in Aberdeen (UK), and considered fully fit to carry out H225 all training programs. This assessment includes: Ground School EC225 in facilities of Helibras Itajubá Training; Initial analysis programs Type Rating; performance analysis device technical data from a report generated by the manufacturer of the FFS; and a wide flight campaign using the Airbus FFS Helicopters in Aberdeen.

The choice of Rio de Janeiro for the construction of the new CTS is due to the proximity to military customers and offshore segment, which operates the two versions of the model, and the national and international access provided through the airports of Santos Dumont and Tom Jobim Jacarepagua. Besides the benefits for the military operations of the M 225M, the implementation of database H225 contribute to the training of pilots offshore, which today are based solely on their training abroad segment.

The CTS will feature the ultimate in flight simulators for helicopters. The FFS will enable the pilot to complete their type rating and recurrent emergency training, among others. The simulator will feature a visual database of the entire national territory, specially developed for Brazilian operators. The technology will make the training as close as possible to each operating, civil or military reality.

The project also includes, in the future, other investment: r one seconds flight simulator to be determined from studies for acquisition and installation. Market research is at an advanced stage and the model chosen will also be chosen according to the needs of Brazilian operators. Helibras has invested $ 35 million in the implementation of new training simulators and Rio de Janeiro.

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The Brazilian Air Force will receive in the coming months the first modernized P-95


(Defensa.com) Eight P-95 Bandeirante aircraft Patrulha (Bandeirulha) of the Brazilian Air Force will have its operational capacities expanded after the modernization process currently being carried out under the supervision of AEL Sistemas as the main contractor, Aeronautical Material Park of Afonsos (PAMA-AF). According to the FAB, the program focuses on the replacement of electronic equipment and the installation of new radar.

48 kilos of weight, the new Seaspray 5000E radar jointly supplied by Selex ES and the Brazilian Atmos, can detect large vessels up to 370 kilometers away. After modernization, the P-95 will also follow up to 200 targets simultaneously and perform ground mapping radar to detect aircraft. Modernizing navigation systems contemplates the use the use of satellite data, providing accurate and essential for aircraft flying over the sea without visual references.

The aircraft will be operated by squadrons Phoenix (2nd. / 7 ° GAV) and Neptune (3a. / 7 ° GAV), headquartered in Florianopolis and Belem, respectively. Along with the P-3M 1 / 7ºGAv in Salvador (Squadron Orungan), the P-95 will provide aerial surveillance Liability IN much of the territorial sea of Brazil. The first P-95M, designation that will have after modernization aircraft flew on 18 December 2013. The prototype is currently conducting test flights involving soldiers of the Phoenix squad and the Institute for Research and Testing in Flight (IPEV). The test campaign aims to analyze the performance of all aircraft systems. Other devices are already on the PAMA-AF for the implementation of systems.

The modernization project, which also includes 42 aircraft C-95 Bandeirante, involving electronic and structural revitalization of aircraft received in the 70's, this last stage with the help of Akaer. As communications unit, the FAB selected ORBITS with its integrated digital management system (ADAMS - Airborne Digital Management Systems) according to their performance and their cost effectiveness. ADAMS is a secure communication system high performance, designed to meet the complex needs of aircraft with crew and large commercial aircraft, transport aircraft and tanks mission applications. This modular COTS system supports up to 20 users at full capacity, only 8 users for intercom receivers 16 and 31 radios, 6 outputs sound, and various discrete lines internal intercom networks.

With regard to the innovations introduced by AEL on the aircraft, are:

• Full Glass Cockpit;
• Reducing the workload of the pilot;
• Integrated Information of all sensors and aircraft systems;
• Digital Map;
• Automatic calculation of fuel;
• List of electronic checks;
• Documentation and manuals in electronic format




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