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Brazil Unveils First Supersonic Fighter Jet Assembled in Country
The F-39E Gripen program has created over 12,000 jobs and aims to strengthen Brazil's air sovereignty while boosting its defense industry through technology transfer.
- On Wednesday, Brazil unveiled its first domestically assembled F-39E Gripen fighter jet at the Gaviao Peixoto plant in Sao Paulo, becoming the first Latin American country to manufacture such a supersonic aircraft.
- Brazil selected Sweden-based Saab in 2013 for a $4 billion modernization program prioritizing full technology transfer, enabling domestic production to replace the aging F-5 fleet in service since the 1970s.
- Production of the F-39E Gripen has generated more than 2,000 direct jobs and about 10,000 indirect jobs, while the aircraft reaches speeds of up to 1,491 miles per hour with 2 1/2 hours flight endurance.
- Defense Minister Jose Mucio said domestic production strengthens Brazil's national sovereignty and defense capabilities. Saab CEO Micael Johansson noted, "This is the first time since 1937, when Saab was founded, that a fighter aircraft is manufactured outside Sweden."
- Saab expects to use the Sao Paulo production line as an export hub, with Brazil planning to produce 15 of the 36 contracted jets domestically and Colombia acquiring fighters under a prior agreement.
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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva presented this Wednesday the F-39E Gripen, the first supersonic fighter made in Brazil, in a ceremony with music of action but without giving a speech nor a single reference of the speakers to the convulsive world situation. They have all praised the industrial and export potential of the project. As the tradition commands, the president and other authorities have sprayed with foam the aircraft, manufactured b…
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The aircraft marks a decisive step, showing the progress towards a more solid and stable stage of industrial production, which strengthens the country in the field of military aviation.
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