Aircraft
Brazil Chooses Gripen and Will Order 36
The Gripen has emerged as Brazil’s choice of a new fighter after years of evaluation against the Boeing Super Hornet and Dassault Rafale. (Photo: Saab)
The Gripen has emerged as Brazil’s choice of a new fighter after years of evaluation against the Boeing Super Hornet and Dassault Rafale. (Photo: Saab)

Brazil has chosen the Saab Gripen E as its new fighter aircraft, after years of indecision. Defense Minister Celso Amorim and Brazilian air force commander Bg. Juniti Saito announced their preference for the Swedish jet over the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and Dassault Rafale after authorization from President Dilma Rousseff. Previous attempts to decide the FX-2 competition failed at the political level.