Italy has stored AMX airframes.
Hawk is overpriced for the bidding options.
L-159A is my favorite but will not win.

M2K isn’t a real option IMHO.
F-16 is the obvious choice.
Gripen is the second place choice.
Kfir is the affordable choice.

As a third party person speaking, may we return to our regular program?

Seeker effectiveness for a SARH is enhanced against a head on target, not reduced. This isn’t debatable.

Don’t be dense. SARH missiles require a displacement between launcher and target for optimal usage. They are better head on than in chase.

Seems like Rafale discussions have slipped ‘under the radar’…

Incredible that 12 planes – most rated for 25 years of service – are burnt out on eight, some in under six. F-5BM’s are going to burn out the same way. They better work out a much bigger fleet to spread the annual training hours out for such a big pilot pool. Most countries have too few of pilots. Not Brazil, they lack airframes…

the Pakistanis could offer the JF-17 with the tooling..
you wonder why many small air forces prefer to cling on to 3rd gen jets or go large instead of going for the jf-17

If that was true Brazil would still not take it since its very low ToT.

Fourth generation fighters have outgrown all save for the largest economies.

Su-27 = Soviets & Warsaw Pact, China, India, many exports
MiG-29 = Soviets & Warsaw Pact, many exports
F-15 = U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Korea, Singapore
F-16 = dozens of countries
F/A-18 = U.S., Spain, Finland, Switzerland, Australia
Tornado = U.K., Germany, Italy, Saudi Arabia
Typhoon = U.K., Germany, Italy, Spain, Saudi Arabia
Gripen = Sweden, several exports
AMX = Brazil, Italy
Mirage 2K = France, many exports
Rafale = France

France is being crushed by the cost of Rafale production. They desperately needed exports. India might just be the life support they need in the short term, but Brazil would be delaying the inevitable. These countries demanding transfer of technology are only fooling themselves into thinking they can self sustain.

Brazil could more realistically partner with a France or Russia, but they will never self sustain. Realistically they could self sustain a light fighter like the FA-50 or F-CK-1, but it would take another decade to reach that point. I’m not aware of the Koreans offering ToT on FA-50, nor the Taiwanese offering to sell off the F-CK-1 production tools. Why should they expect Sweden, France, Russia, or the U.S. to do it? And for what, 3-6 dozen orders? Very out of touch.