The Düsseldorf-based high-tech group Rheinmetall with its Swiss subsidiary Rheinmetall Air Defence has been awarded €20 million to build and deliver Fieldguard 3 measurement systems to two international customers.  Announced on 6 July, the contract provides for the production and delivery of Fieldguard 3 active fire control system which measures the flight path of projectiles in order […]

Saab and Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding have come together to compete for the project that will supply four Tamandaré Class Corvettes (CCT) for the Brazilian Navy. Saab will provide, in case the partners’ proposal is chosen by the Brazilian Navy, the complete combat system including the world leading Saab 9LV Combat Management System (CMS). The […]

The prototype of the new Brazillian KC-390 military transport aircraft skidded into the mud during a ground test at Gavião Peixoto Airport, said Plano Brasil. On 5 May, the Embraer KC-390 aircraft prototype suffered a runway excursion during a ground test at Gavião Peixoto Airport, Brazil. According to the Plano Brasil, the prototype 001 was performing a ground-level […]

The Brazilian Armed Forces nearing final development stage of cruise missile that is under development by Avibras for the ASTROS 2020 system. The Brazilian cruise missile, the MTC-300 or Matador, with 300 km of range and accuracy in the 50-meter scale, enters the final development stage this year. The first delivery to the Brazilian army is expected to be done by 2020, however, […]

The A-29 Super Tucano turboprop attack aircraft of Brazilian Air Force (FAB) intercepted a twin-engine Piper Seneca turboprop with 500 kg cocaine cargo flying over the country’s airspace without a flight plan. According to the planobrazil.com, the A-29 Super Tucano aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) intercepted the privately owned Piper PA-34-200T Seneca II aircraft with registration […]

The first two KC-390 multi-mission aircraft are expected to be delivered to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in middle 2018, that was reported by fab.mil.br. According to a report, the new multi-purpose transport aircraft of the Brazilian Air Force is progressing, with about 97 percent of the project complete and in the first half of year ends […]

Brazil has ordered an additional Airbus C295 search and rescue (SAR) aircraft that will eventually take to 15 the number of C295s in service with the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). This latest order constitutes the firming of an option included in an earlier contract in 2014. It was signed at the end of last year […]

With the assistance of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Embassy of Ukraine in the Federative Republic of Brazil, a delegation of the Ukrainian State Enterprise ‘Ukrinmash’, which is part of the State Concern ‘UkrOboronProm’, visited the Rio de Janeiro from November 27 to 30. A delegation from Ukraine’s defence industry concern […]

The Brazilian Navy blow up decommissioned frigate Bosísi in waters off Rio de Janeiro during missile-testing exercise Missilex 2017. That was reported by naval.com.br. A Brazilian Navy S-70B Seahawk hit the old frigate with a Kongsberg-built Penguin anti-ship missile while the BNS Rademaker, also a former Royal Navy frigate, hit the Bosísio with an Exocet missile. The operation […]

The president of Brazil sent the Armed Forces to combat the violence of Narco drug traffickers in the City of Rio de Janeiro. That was reported by planobrazil.com. Nearly a hundred members of the security forces have been killed in Rio this year. Some 8,500 soldiers and hundreds of police and highway patrol officers have been […]