Brazil Purchases Swedish Gripen for Next Fighter After Dumping French Rafale in Negotiations

After more than 10 years of discussions, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has finally decided to purchase the Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen E multirole fighter aircraft for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) to meet the FX-2 programme.

Minister of Defence Celso Amorim and Air Force Commander Brigadier Juniti Saito made the official announcement at a press conference on 18 December.

The decision to finally end the wait over which one of the three remaining bidders - the French Dassault Rafale, the US Boeing F-18 Super Hornet, and the Swedish Saab Gripen E (formerly NG) Fighter - would secure the contract for the 36 FX-2 fighter jets came suddenly following an end of the year ceremony on Wednesday between Dilma and military officers.

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