This list shows the past, present and future strategic re-equipment and modernization programs of the Brazilian Armed Forces that was based on the documents of the National Defense Strategy of 2008, and subsequent versions of the Defense White Paper that outline the major defense programs in Brazil from 2008 until 2040. To see active equipment of the three branches, see the following pages for the Army, Navy and the Air Force.
Active programs Army PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references Armoured vehicles under the Army Strategic Program Armored Forces Guarani BrazilItaly 6×6120 mm mortar carrierpersonnel carriercommand postarmoured ambulanceengineeringanti-air carrier Ordered: 1,580 Ordered 2012 Cascavel NG Brazil 6×690 mm armored car Ordered: 98 Under modernization since 2022 Centauro II ItalyBrazil 8×8120 mm tank destroyer Ordered: 98Total planned: 221 Ordered 2022 LMV ItalyBrazil 4×4infantry mobility vehicle Ordered: 468 Ordered 2024 Helicopters Black Hawk United States multirole helicopter Ordered: 12 Ordered 2024 Radars M200 Vigilante Brazil 6×6air defense radar Undisclosed Under development since 2010s DTCBia Brazil counter-battery radar Undisclosed Under development since 2020s Other armaments AV-TM 300 Brazil cruise missile Undisclosed Under development since 2001 Planned contractsTypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references main battle tank 65 Under selection process infantry fighting vehicle 78 Under selection process
Navy PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references Vessels Riachuelo-class BrazilFrance attack submarine Ordered: 5 Ordered 2010, four diesel-electric and one nuclear Tamandaré-class BrazilGermany general purpose frigate Ordered: 4Total planned: 8 Ordered 2020 Macaé-class Brazil offshore patrol vessel Ordered: 2 Ordered 2024 Navio Patrulha de 500 Toneladas Brazil Ordered: 11 Ordered 2023 Almirante Saldanha Brazil icebreaker Ordered: 1 Ordered 2022 Other armaments MANSUP Brazil anti-ship missile Undisclosed Ordered 2023 Planned contractsTypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references attack fighter 6 Under selection process
Air Force PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references Aircraft JAS 39 Gripen SwedenBrazil multirole fighter Ordered: 36Total planned: 66 Ordered 2014 C-390 Millennium Brazil airlifter Ordered: 19 Ordered 2014 EMB 314 Super Tucano Brazil COIN Ordered: 68 Under modernization since 2024 Radars Ground Master 200 Netherlands 6×6air defense radar Undisclosed Ordered 2024 Other armaments Spice Israel precision-guided bomb Undisclosed Ordered 2015 Planned contractsTypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references attack fighter 24 Under selection process attack helicopter 24 Under selection process presidential aircraft 1 Under selection process
Joint Staff of the Armed Forces PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references H225M FranceBrazil multirole helicopter Ordered: 50"Brazil's $1B+ Order for EC725 Cougar Helicopters." Defense Industry Daily, 5 January 2012. Ordered 2012 H125 FranceBrazil Ordered: 27 Ordered 2022 Planned contractsTypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references medium/high altitude (SAM) Undisclosed Under selection process
Concluded major programs and incorporations since 2010 BranchPhotoEquipmentOriginProgram typeQuantityProduction in Brazil?Date of conclusion and/or incorporation Air Force IRIS-T Europe Air-to-air missile Undisclosed Ordered 2021, operational as of February 2025 Army Eurocopter AS565 Panther Brazil Modernization of helicopters 34 26 November 2024 Navy Oshkosh L-ATV United States Armoured vehicles 12 19 July 2024 Army MAX 1.2 AC Brazil Anti-tank missiles 300+ 26 November 2024 Army Spike LR2 Israel Anti-tank missiles 100+ 16 July 2024 Air Force Embraer R-99 Brazil Modernization of aircraft 5 23 November 2023 Army MaxxPro MRV-PK United States Armoured recovery trucks 20 6 August 2023 Navy Airbus H135 France Transport helicopters 3 2023 Air Force Airbus A330-200 France Strategic transport aircraft 2 6 November 2022 Air Force Meteor Europe BVR missiles Undisclosed 16 December 2021, operational as of February 2025 Navy Guillobel Spain Submarine rescue ship 1 12 May 2020 Navy F21 France Torpedoes Undisclosed 26 February 2020 Army M109 A5+ United States Modernized self-propelled howitzers 60 2020s Navy S-70B Seahawk United States Naval helicopters 6 2020s Air Force CBERS-4A BrazilChina Earth observation satellite 1 20 December 2019 Navy Atlântico United Kingdom Helicopter carrier 1 29 June 2018 Air Force SGDC France Geostationary military communications satellite 1 4 May 2017 Navy Bahia France Landing platform dock 1 17 December 2015 Air Force CBERS-4 BrazilChina Earth observation satellite 1 7 December 2014 Army RBS 70 NG Sweden MANPADS 100+ 2014 Navy Amazonas class United Kingdom Offshore patrol vessels 3 21 June 2013
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