Projeto
F-X2
Ministry of the Defense
Command of the Brazilian Air Force
CENTRO DE COMUNICAÇÂO
SOICIAL DA AERONÁUTICA
Brazilian Air Force Command
Preselects
candidates of Project F-X2
(Portuguese
version - original FAB )
The Command of
the Brazilian Air Force informs that, in obedience
to the cronogram of renewal of the fleet of the
combat aircraft the Brazilian Air Force - FAB,
completed plus a stage of the process of selection
of the new multi-role fighter to be incorporated
to the force.
The Managemental
Commission of Project F-X2 (CGPF-X2),
instituted in 15th
of May of 2008, lead the evaluation
studies of the preselected aircraft (Super
Boeing F-18E/F Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter
Typhoon, Lockheed Martin F-16 Adv, Saab Gripen
NG and Sukhoi SU-35), of form to elaborate
a reduced list (shorts list) in this stage of
the process.
The concretion
of this shorts list aimed to guarantee to meet
the operational requirements for fighter aircraft
multi-role established by the High Command of
Brazilian Air Force and to allow to the deepening
of the evaluations of the systems of weapons candidates
who had been selected in this phase.
The studies had
had for base the information supplied for the
companies in reply to the Request For
Information - RFI, emitted in June of
2008. The data supplied by the participant companies
had been evaluated in a systemic process, considering
the following aspects: operational, logistic,
technical, Commercial Compensation (offset) and
technology transfer for the National Industry
of Defense.
From now, in the
new stage of the selection process, the evaluations
will go to concentrate in the following aircrafts
of the shorts list (listed here in sequence alphabetical
of the respective manufacturers):
The 36 aircraft,
that will integrate 1st lot, will have to be delivered
from 2014, with useful life expectancy
of, at least, 30 years. Thus, throughout the next
years, it will have the substitution, gradual,
of the current fighers Mirage 2000, F-5M
and A-1M. The set of acquired knowledge
and technological qualification in this acquisition
will go to contribute so that Brazil will have
conditions to produce or to participate in the
production of a fighter of Fifth Generation
in a medium and long run future.
Finally, the Command
of Brazilian Air Force states that this process
represents an important advance for its Industry
of Defense with lasting consequences, making possible
strategic partnerships of long duration. In running
of the next year, the vector will be selected
and announced, so soon the subsequent phases are
concluded.
CENTRO DE COMUNICAÇÂO SOICIAL
DA AERONÁUTICA
Source: CECOMSAER
Translation: DEFESA@NET
