Russian Su-35 fighter will be a part of Brazilian tender again

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Russian Su-35 fighter will be a part of Brazilian tender again
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According to RIA Novosti, Russian Su-35 fighter will take part in a new Brazilian tender on delivery of a large batch of multi-role combat jets. It has been reported by the source from Brazilian military-industrial complex (MIC).

The tender on acquisition of fighters for Brazilian air forces in accordance with F-X program has been put out in 2001 and cancelled in 2005. It has been renewed in 2008 as F-X2 and stopped again in 2010. American fighter Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, French Dassault Rafale, Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen NG and European Eurofighter Typhoon have taken part in this tender at different stages.


Rosoboronexport has presented the multi-role "4++"-generation Su-35 fighter, but the jet has been excluded from the tender in 2008.

According to a source in Brazilian MIC, the tender “will be renewed in the nearest future as F-X3, and the Russian fighter will be a part of it, moreover, it has a great chances to succeed: the Brazilian air force command speaks well of Russian jet ".

The source has specified that “the meeting held in the network of BRICS summit on April 14th with the participation of president of Russia, Dmitriy Medvedev and the president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff has seriously influenced the situation since the presidents have discussed the situation with Brazilian tender ". Rousseff has stated that “no decisions on fighters’ acquisitions have been made and all the tender’s participants may take part in it again ".

The second factor is that Moscow has offered Brazil to take part in fifth-generation fighter program, and “the Brazilian party has taken it seriously”.

The F-X2 tender’s conditions include the delivery of 36 fighters (with an option of joint assembly of up to 84 more jets in Brazil), spare parts, radar with active phase antenna array, air-to-air missiles of short and medium range (with active radar homer), controlled bombs with GPS homing, and technical support for a period of 10 years. According to different assessments, the amount of this contract will be $6-12 billion.



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