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Brazil acquires the French ship "Siroco" which will be called "Bahia"


(Defensa.com) Confirming versions of Janes, published After hours, now it is the digital publication Defesa Aero Naval ratifying the acquisition by Brazil of the amphibious assault ship LPD Foudre class L 9012 "Siroco". Portugal desisted from purchase, apparently by the difficulties encountered on the ship to operate with heavy helicopter AW101 Merlin its Air Force, and Chile, with its twin, "Sergeant Village", did the same earlier this year.

Negotiations have been conducted by the French Embassy in Brasilia and the possibility of this transaction has been admitted by spokesmen for the Navy that country. The ship would be classified locally as Multipurpose Amphibious Ship (NAM), called G-40 "Bay" and was officially incorporated, after further inspection by DCNS- exhaustive and trained his crew, by the end of this year. It will replace the old NDD Ceará, with serious maintenance problems.

With more than 11,000 tons displacement and 168 meters in length, the hull is three quarters of the length of the ship, and sleeps eight landing craft. The flight deck allows operations in all-weather transport helicopters Cougar, Caracal, Sea Hawk or similar type.






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The Brazilian Senate approved the purchase of the Gripen: authorizes up to 245.325 million dollars in weapons and 4,500 million for aircraft

(Defensa.com) These resources will finance the F-X2 project, including the purchase of the aircraft, logistical support and weapons acquisition. The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) will receive 36 aircraft Gripen NG from Sweden's Saab, the first aircraft will be delivered in 2019 and the last aircraft in 2024, although other sources speak of an arc delivery from 2021 to 2025. The financial operation establish the agency of the Swedish Export Credit (Ab Svensk Exportkredit).

During a press conference last week, the Minister Jaques Wagner explained that the deal was possible because Sweden agreed to reduce the interest rate of the contract, a claim Brazil. When the deal was closed in 2014, the rate was higher than in 2015. The final amount of the fee agreed between the two countries stood at 2.19%, according to the minister. Parliamentary approval was given to the living presence of the commander of the Air Force, Lieutenant Brigadier Air Nivaldo Luiz Rossato, and other members of the Brazilian Air Force

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Delivery Schedule

The first 15 aircraft will be produced in Sweden at the Saab facilities in Linköping, other devices will be produced in Brazil. The first delivery is expected in 2019 and the last in 2024.

Total Brazil plans to acquire a total of 108 Saab Gripen E, three batches ranging from 2019 to 2032. It is likely that the other two lots will be fully assembled in Brazil, as well as potentially had acquired by guests future regional.

But we should add the naval development of the Gripen E the "Sea Gripen" for naval aviation. Currently the industry is involved in almost 50% in the project development

AESA radar: the radar AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) ES05 "Raven" offers a unique and exceptional openness to the world in 200 °, the Swedish aircraft can see where others are blind and thanks to SWASHPLATE system, while competitors radars open on 140 °. The radar antenna produced by Selex-ES is the same design as that of the Eurofighter

The Brazilian Navy received two new Sikorsky Seahawk


(Defensa.com) The official ceremony of the two new S-70B helicopters Brazilian Navy was held at the headquarters of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, in the US city of West Palm Beach, attended by Director of Aviation the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Carlos Frederico Carneiro Primo.

The two aircraft (locally known as SH-16) belong to the second group of six acquired by the Navy to replace the old Sikorsky SH-3A / B, in addition to its anti-submarine capability, may act anti-surface missions. The program was attended Program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the Department of Defense, responsible for brokering purchases of military equipment from the United States agency. On the other hand, it is scheduled for 2019 delivery of a mission simulator that will make a significant contribution to training, the economy and security of the flight of the Brazilian naval crews.

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The Brazilian Air Force selected the armament for the Gripen NG


(Defensa.com) The Brazilian Air Force will allocate more than $ 245 million to acquire the first weapons systems that will provide the future combat aircraft Gripen NG. Among the above systems highlights the selection of various systems of Israeli origin, namely the manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. The document containing the acquisition of these systems was published by the Brazilian newspaper Globo thanks to the Law on Access to Information.

20 1000 Spice guidance kits will be purchased to convert conventional Mk-83 bombs of 460 kilos type in a precision-guided bomb to add an inertial guidance and GPS in addition to visual and infrared. 30 other precision bombs also acquire 250 Spice whose warhead would have an estimated weight of between 80 and 90 kilos and a guidance system derived from the Spice family to which it belongs. Besides its small size allow multiple mounting brackets on the wings of fighter aircraft such as F-15 and F-16 Israelis which has already been certified.

The acquisition of Spice 250 would be striking at first sale known precision of this system to international customers. This is the latest version of the Spice family, which stands for Smart, Precise-Impact and Cost-Effective Guidance Kits (accurate guidance kits impact, low cost). This version was presented at the 2013 edition of the event Pamir Air Show.


Two other systems are selected Rafael pod recognition electro day or night RecceLite 2 in number of four units and ten units navigation pod and target acquisition Litening G4. This is the latest versions of these two successful systems designed to provide additional capabilities to the aircraft carrying them, namely the Litening G4 includes new sensors and improvements to the recognition and target acquisition and is being used in the United States since 2008.

Besides the purchase of ten operational units and training eight air-to-air short-range A-Darter Brazil is developing for years with South Africa is included. However curious is also included in this relationship further ten operational missiles and training twenty air-air missile short-range Iris-T of the German manufacturer Diehl BGT Defence. It is noteworthy that two air-to-air short-range missiles with infrared guidance system and a similar scope like around 20 kilometers mentioned.

Both reconnaissance pods and Spice 1000 bomb besides the two air-to-air short range missiles are systems that Saab has been integrated into the Gripen in recent years. Recall that last 5th Brazilian Senate approved funding for the purchase of 36 Gripen NG fighters, logistical support and weapons.

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The Brazilian Navy received two new Sikorsky Seahawk

(Defensa.com) The official ceremony of the two new S-70B helicopters Brazilian Navy was held at the headquarters of Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, in the US city of West Palm Beach, attended by Director of Aviation the Brazilian Navy, Admiral Carlos Frederico Carneiro Primo.

The two aircraft (locally known as SH-16) belong to the second group of six acquired by the Navy to replace the old Sikorsky SH-3A / B, in addition to its anti-submarine capability, may act anti-surface missions. The program was attended Program Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the Department of Defense, responsible for brokering purchases of military equipment from the United States agency. On the other hand, it is scheduled for 2019 delivery of a mission simulator that will make a significant contribution to training, the economy and security of the flight of the Brazilian naval crews.

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The Brazilian S-70B are optimized to carry the AGM-119 missile anti-ship "Penguin" MK3

Both S-70B will join the first four aircraft in service at the Naval Air Station of São Pedro da Aldea, near Rio de Janeiro in the HS-1 squadron " Guerreiro " specialized in anti-submarine warfare, anti anti-surface (ASuW) the search and rescue, medical evacuation, and cargo missions.

The Brazilian Space Agency is preparing its biggest launch of the year


(Defensa.com) The Alcantara Launch Center (CLA), in Maranhão, received this week with experts and researchers to the Meeting of Accompaniment Interfaces (RAI) of the call Operation São Lourenço. The aim is to coordinate the actions for the implementation and monitoring of a new rocket VS-40M probe in October and November, leading to a space platform called Satellite Atmospheric Reentry (Sara), both developed by the Institute of Aeronautics and Space (IAE), the organization of the Command of the Air Force subordinate to the Department of Aerospace Science and Technology (TABD).

In addition to members of the TABD, IAE and CLA also participate in these meetings defining civil and military Launch Center Barreira do Inferno (CLBI) in Natal officials, and the Institute for Coordination and Industrial Development (IFI). In parallel, the CLA also has the fundraising of Operation São Lourenço. Activities include the installation of mechanical devices in the Middle Porte Launcher (LPM) recently revitalized and integration testing of a model, prototype rocket VS-40M-scale, through the stages of assembly, transport and LPM integration, testing devices and the launcher itself as well as the reverse processes of removing the launchpad, transport and removal.

Scheduled to take place between October 13 and November 7, operation, as well as pointing to the launch vehicle and monitoring VS-40M with Sara space platform, also is carrying a GPS application in the qualification phase space and developed by the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). To ensure the operation of all the personnel involved and the means of CLA a rocket Intermediate Training (FTI) should be launched into space before the VS-40M

IAE researchers intend to continue the Sara project, which includes the development of a space station for microgravity experiments designed to operate at low circular orbit at 300 km altitude for a period up to 10 days.

Through a successful launch, some subsystems of the "Sara" Suborbital system as power grids, recovery systems, structure, module experiments, cold gas and thermal protection must go through the qualification flight. Moreover, with the qualification of Electrical Safety Nets and built to service the VS-40M, the same may be used in the future Satellite Launch Vehicle (VLS-1). During the crawl space launch vehicle and interconnecting telemetry stations, radar and data processing location of CLA (Alcantara) with stations CLBI (Natal), in order to implement the communication system must occur between remote stations, essential to maintain the operation of the two launch centers.

Subsystem "Electrical networks of SARA", developed and manufactured by Mectron, it has an architecture in which the electronics shipped in the payload is shared with its launch vehicle, with the logic of cost and weight reduction. It has a service network for the supply of energy and the sequence of events on the flight, a network of telemetry with the function of collecting and transmitting flight data to the ground station, a control network, composed of the inertial sensor on-board computer, power electronics and cooling actuator gas, in order to get closer to zero the angular velocity of the platform and Network Security, responsible for receiving and decoding the remote land and activating the vehicle's flight termination VS-40, if an abnormal path develops.

The VS-40 has been put into orbit twice in Brazil, both from the CLA, (Operation Santa Maria - 1993 Operation Livramento, in 1998) and most recently in Norway to support the program microgravity Space Agency European (ESA) in June 2012.La Operation São Lourenço is the main activity of launching and tracking for this year's Brazilian space program, in coordination with the Brazilian Space Agency (AEB). Between next year and 2017 year, the SARA platform, on his first mission will be launched by a VS-40 modified vehicle survey, produced by the IAE, from the Launch Center of Barreira do Inferno - CLBI, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, in suborbital flight, in order to qualify the device and its remaining subsystems.

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A full scale model of Gripen NG

Brazilian pilots in training in Sweden to Satenas, F 7 Wing, Sqn 72, OCU Jas-39.




Gripen NG/Jas-39 E/F : improved version following on from the Gripen Demo technology demonstrator.Changes from the JAS 39C/D include the more powerful F414G engine, Raven ES-05 AESA radar, increased fuel capacity and payload, two additional hardpoints, and other improvements


10 hard points vs 8 for A,B,C and D.

Close up shot of a missile RBS 70 MK II in Brazilian territory


(Defensa.com) In Training Camp Formosa (Goias), located about 80 km from Brasilia, took place on August 5 an anti-aircraft firing exercise Brazilian Army in which a missile was launched telecomandado low altitude RBS 70 Mk II, developed by the Swedish company Saab Dynamics. It was the first shot in Brazil.

The MK II missiles have found their true at distances between 5000 and 6000 meters effectiveness, but can cover stretches of up to 8,000 metros.Este device or system for air defense short distance- or SHORAD, its acronym in English - was acquired by Brazil in March 2014 for a figure of about $ 12.7 million. Expecting a party logistics for this model, it created the Anti-Aircraft Maintenance Battalion of the Army Material with specific tools, spare parts, various manuals and associated equipment and training for operators and maintenance personnel.

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Brazil and Japan Navy have first joint exercise


(Defensa.com) The Marinha Brazil has now reported that between 7 and 8 June an exercise was conducted jointly by one of its vessels and one for Liner Japan Self-Defense Forces (JMSDF for its acronym in English). Specifically the Brazilian frigate "Liberal" of Niteroi class and the training ship "Kashima" of the JMSDF conducted an exercise type commonly referred to as PASSEX intended to ensure communication and cooperation and allow interoperability among navies of different countries.

This exercise took place in the territorial waters of Rio de Janeiro and was to conduct tactical maneuvers like "Leap Frog", "Light Line" and "Cross Deck" where crews of each vessel was aboard the other country to know their routines. The frigate "Liberal" (F-43) is a Niteroi class frigate while JDS Kashima (TV-3508) is a training ship unique design similar to a frigate with over 4,000 tons of displacement in which they train Japanese crews future.

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