Brazil’s fighter choice will not be an easy one

By Íñigo Guevara, 31 de marzo, 2010, Jane's Defence Weekly.

The selection of a new generation fighter to satisfy a Brazilian Air Force (FAB) requirement has become one of the most delayed and controversial programmes of the decade. The decision between the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale or Saab Gripen NG is not an easy one. Three governments are heavily pushing their country’s option and Lula is under intense international pressure: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Brazil in early March promoting the Super Hornet among other issues; French President Nicolas Sarkozy is backing Brazil’s ambitions to have a permanent seat at the UN Security Council as a bid to strengthen the Franco-Brazilian strategic alliance; and the King of Sweden visited Brazil on March 22 to promote the Gripen NG.

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