Tag: Brazil
Ibsamar 2022 date set
The Brazilian and Indian navies will be invited to send frigates and other naval assets including a helicopter and a maritime patrol aircraft to...
Hershel “Woody” Williams crew joins Brazilian Navy for inaugural Operation Guinex
The US Navy’s Expeditionary Sea Base USS Hershel “Woody” Williams (ESB 4) participated in the first iteration of the Brazilian-led, Gulf of Guinea exercise...
Brazil’s Embraer and Kenya Airways agree to study flying taxis
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA said on Wednesday its flying taxi unit Eve has signed an agreement with a subsidiary of Kenya Airways to develop operating...
Embraer’s commercial aviation revenue falls by 82%
Brazil’s Embraer said on Wednesday that revenue at its commercial aviation segment, usually its largest and most profitable, had fallen by 82% to $109...
Embraer taking Boeing to arbitration
Brazil’s Embraer started arbitration against Boeing after the US aircraft manufacturer cancelled a $4.2 billion deal years in the making at the weekend.
The deal’s...
Cocaine kingpin nabbed in Mozambique
A top Brazilian cocaine trafficker was arrested in Mozambique, officials in both countries said, underlining the growing global footprint of the First Capital Command...
Planning underway for Exercise Ibsamar in September
The pall of the COVID-19 coronavirus has not deterred planners from three navies putting heads together in anticipation of Exercise Ibsamar in September.
According to...
Brazilian Navy vessel wraps up Namibia visit
The Brazilian Navy offshore patrol vessel Amazonas has called on Namibia for a short visit ahead of participation in Exercise Obangame Express.
The vessel (P120)...
A-Darter type certification marks development completion
A type certificate has been issued for the Denel Dynamics A-Darter fifth generation air-to-air missile, with qualification and certification concluding development of the weapon,...
Brazilian defence minister briefed on Denel Dynamics missile range
Brazil’s Minister of Defence Fernando Azevedo was briefed by Denel Dynamics on its missile range, including the A-Darter, Umkhonto and Marlin, during his recent...
Brazilian defence minister brought up to speed on A-Darter project
Brazil’s defence minister has visited Denel Dynamics to get an update on the A-Darter fifth-generation air-to-air missile that will be integrated onto the Brazilian...
SA profiles capabilities at LAAD exhibition
Local companies are keen to profile South Africa’s industrial capabilities at the 12th Latin American Defence and Security Exhibition (LAAD), which is currently underway...
Brazil court overturns injunction blocking Boeing-Embraer deal
A Brazilian federal court has overturned a provisional injunction that blocked a proposed tie-up between planemakers Embraer and Boeing (BA.N), Embraer said on Monday...
Boarding exercise part of Ibsamar VI
The South African Maritime Reaction Squadron (MRS) conducted a boarding exercise as part of Exercise Ibsamar that took place between the South...
Navy gains double benefits from Exercise IBSAMAR
The South African Navy (SA Navy) and its sea-going personnel are reaping double benefits as Exercise IBSAMAR VI 2018, the trilateral naval...
Tri-nation Exercise Ibsamar starts on Monday
Hard on the heels of the just completed Exercise Atlasur, the SA Navy next week starts work on its second international exercise...
Exercise Atlasur XI begins
Exercise Atlasur XI 2018, the multinational biennial maritime exercise between South Africa, Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina, commenced in Simon's Town on 31...
Ex Atlasur set to start on August 31
The eleventh Exercise Atlasur is fast approaching and the SA Navy is busy finishing final preparatory work ahead of the three nation...
Embraer falls to $126.5 million loss on fewer deliveries, defense
Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA on Tuesday fell to a second-quarter net loss of $126.5 million on fewer commercial and executive jet deliveries...
Three SAN platforms to take part in Ex Atlasur
The SA Navy is committing two surface and one sub-surface platform to the upcoming Exercise Atlasur XI for combined evolutions and training...