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Thursday, October 02, 2008

Brazil selects Boeing, Dassault, Saab in jet bid

Brazil's air force said on Wednesday it had chosen U.S.-based Boeing Co., France's Dassault and Saab of Sweden as finalists in a tender for 36 fighter jets as part of a fleet renewal.

The air force wants a next-generation, multi-role fighter jet to replace its entire fleet over the next 15 years. That could eventually increase the size of the jet order to more than 100 aircraft.

Six manufacturers participated in the tender, but only Boeing's F-18 E/F Super Hornet, Dassault's Rafale, and SAAB's Gripen jets got through to the next phase of bidding, the air force said in a statement.

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