Guys I used the babel translator ( sorry 😀 ) but this was taken from one of the brazilians main newspaper so I think its worth reading . Seems like Su35 will win by a little margin :
Leaf of S. PROHIBITED Paulo Swedish and French has lesser possibility in the dispute to vender huntings to Brazil; Embraer lost points in the final stage Russians must win licitation F-X of the BAF Of the BRANCH OF BRASILIA The competition for venda of huntings to the BAF (Brazilian Air Force) arrived at its end point with the Embraer, frank favourite person or thing in the principle of the dispute, losing precious points. The next airplane to the BAF will be more probably the Russian Sukhoi Su-35. The Gripen Swedish also has good possibilities, even so still is not the 100% discarded Mirage-2000BR Frenchman, offered for the Dassault and the Embraer. He arrived at Plateaus, in fifth passing, the report of the commission that studied the case of venda of the huntings, a USS business 700 million that the supply of 12 current devices foresees to substitute Mirage IIIEBR, that are lapsing in the end of this year. The commission, formed for 13 members of ministries and the Legislative one, analyzed one of itens of the report confectioned for the BAF on the competing airplanes: the direct and indirect compensations offered by the trusts, the call offset. It was there that the Dassault/Embraer lost breath for almost integrally offering to the compensations of the proper trust, opening little edge for the integration of other technologies or opening of market. The proposals Russian and Swedish are more tempting. For example: the Rosoboronexport, agency of promotion of defense materials that if associated the Avibrás Brazilian to offer the Sukhoi, if compromises to the purchase of until USS 3 billion in Brazilian products – besides transferring sensible technology in some areas. The report is not terminative, only indicative, as well as the one of the BAF – that it analyzed, beyond offsets, the operational capacity of the device, the logistic one, the support after-venda and strategical aspects. What it becomes the favourite Sukhoi, according to Leaf selected, is a conjunction of factors. The Ministry of the Defense is favorable to the Russians, in special because the technological transference in other areas includes the space one – the government after became priority retaken of the construction of satellite throwers the tragedy of Alcântara, when 21 technician had died in the explosion of rocket VLS in the last year. The Defense already has an agreement signed with Russia for the interchange in this sector. The purchase of the Sukhoi is a logical sequence to the picture, even so the minister Jose Viegas denies that it has such relation. Moreover, when becoming partner of Russia, Brazil would open more business-oriented possibilities with the country – what she is one of the priorities of the external politics of Squid. But it has diverse poréns. Although the Su-35 to be considered by the proper BAF a superior device to the competitors, has a preference guarded in the Force for the Gripen and the Mirage. It has diffidence in relation to the Russian, used material in a small scale in Brazil, and doubts on the maintenance costs and operation. The Gripen blunts with good a proposal commercial and a modern airplane, even so with possibilities of future development doubtful and characteristics little adjusted to the size of Brazil. In the embroidery frames, its proposal of offset, involving Swedish companies, are seen with affection for on sectors to the foreign commerce of the government. She also has the Embraer factor. Nobody doubts that the company, greater manufacturer of airplanes of the country, goes to participate of some form of the process of integration of the new aircraft – or either, the adaptation of it the standards and characteristics of missions of the BAF. Licitation, called F-X, always was seen in the half military as a form to bring the best partnership for the Embraer. Something similar occurred in the modernization of huntings F-5 of the BAF, now in course. Only that the Embraer if associated to offer a product, the Mirage-2000BR, with the same partners who had bought 20% of its control. This closed the doors for other partnerships, that were desired by the BAF. On the other hand, the association guaranteed a proposal commercially solid with a traditional partner. Moreover, the Embraer is considered by the military one creates its – the company was established by the Aeronautics and privatized in 1994. Recent declarations of Viegas, still that denied later, they had indicated that the Embraer will go to finish participating project to it. “” as “it is an incognito at this moment, what it takes some of the competitors to believe that the rule of the game helps the Embraer. The commission that analyzed the report of the BAF discarded the aspect of creation of jobs for complete. Differently of that the Embraer and the Avibrás propagandeiam, very little ranks of work will be profits. They had been outside of the dispute, for the report of the commission, the F-16 North American (Lockheed-Martin) and the MiG-29 Russian (RAC). The decision now is in the table of Squid. It will have to be taken until April, and to be announced in meeting of the Advice of National Defense, formed for some ministers. (IGOR GIELOW And RAYMUNDO COAST)
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March 28, 2004 at 7:06 pm