Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces

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This list shows the 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. [1] [2]

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This list presents only the programs that are in production and construction, to see active equipment of the three branches, including that was listed on this page before the conclusion, see this links for the Army, Navy and the Air Force.

Army

PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
Armoured vehicles under the Army Strategic Program Armored Forces
19 04 2022- Dia do Exercito Brasileiro (52016606453).jpg Guarani Brazil
Italy		6×6
120 mm mortar carrier
personnel carrier
command post
armoured ambulance
engineering
anti-air carrier 		Ordered: 1,580 [3] Green check.svgOrdered 2012 [3] [4]
Cascavel NG (cropped).jpg Cascavel NG Brazil6×6
90 mm armored car 		Ordered: 98 [5] Green check.svgUnder modernization since 2022 [5]
Centauro 2 (22-02-2024).jpg Centauro II Italy
Brazil		8×8
120 mm tank destroyer 		Ordered: 98 [6] [7]
Total planned: 221 [6] 		Green check.svgOrdered 2022 [6]
Philippine Army ATMOS Live Fire Exercise 003.jpg ATMOS Israel
Brazil		6×6
155 mm self-propelled artillery 		Total planned: 36 [8] Green check.svgSelected in 2024, contract signing on hold as a result of diplomatic tensions over the Israel–Hamas war and Israel–Hezbollah conflict. [9]
Italian Army - 8th Alpini Regiment VTLM Lince vehicles during exercise Abbey Road 2019.jpg LMV Italy
Brazil		4×4
infantry mobility vehicle 		Ordered: 468 [10] Green check.svgOrdered 2024 [10]
Helicopters
National-Guard-UH-60-Black-Hawk-operations-at-Fort-McCoy.jpg Black Hawk United States multirole helicopter Ordered: 12 [11] Red x.svgOrdered 2024 [11]
Radars
Article.jpg M200 Vigilante Brazil6×6
air defense radar 		Undisclosed [12] Green check.svgUnder development since 2010s [12]
—DTCBiaBrazil counter-battery radar Undisclosed [13] Green check.svgUnder development since 2020s [13]
Missiles
MTC-300 (cropped).jpg AV-TM 300 Brazil cruise missile Undisclosed [14] Green check.svgUnder development since 2001 [14]
MSS-1.2.jpg MAX 1.2 AC Brazil anti-tank missile Ordered: 300+ [15] Green check.svgOrdered 2023 [15]
Planned contracts
TypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
main battle tank 65 [7] Green check.svgUnder selection process [7]
infantry fighting vehicle 78 [7] Green check.svgUnder selection process [7]
PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
Vessels
10 09 2022 Revista Naval em Comemoracao ao Bicentenario da Independencia do Brasil (52349047888).jpg Riachuelo-class Brazil
France		 attack submarine Ordered: 5 [16] Green check.svgOrdered 2010, four diesel-electric and one nuclear [16]
Tamandare (09-08-2024).jpg Tamandaré-class Brazil
Germany		 general purpose frigate Ordered: 4 [17]
Total planned: 8 [18] 		Green check.svgOrdered 2020 [17]
Navio-patrulha Macae (36129905494).jpg Macaé-class Brazil offshore patrol vessel Ordered: 2 [19] Green check.svgOrdered 2024 [19]
— Navio Patrulha de 500 Toneladas BrazilOrdered: 8 [20] Green check.svgOrdered 2023 [20]
— Almirante Saldanha Brazil icebreaker Ordered: 1 [21] Green check.svgOrdered 2022 [21]
Missiles and torpedoes
Lancamento de Missil Antinavio de Superficie (MANSUP) pela Fragata "Constituicao" - 2022 (52690029127).jpg MANSUP Brazil anti-ship missile Undisclosed [22] Green check.svgOrdered 2023 [22]
— F21 France heavy torpedo Undisclosed [16] Red x.svgOrdered 2010 [16]
Planned contracts
TypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
attack fighter 6 [23] Red x.svgUnder selection process [23]

Air Force

PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
Aircraft
23 10 2020 Comemoracao do Dia do Aviador e da Forca Aerea Brasileira (50521336872) (cropped).jpg JAS 39 Gripen Sweden
Brazil		 multirole fighter Ordered: 36 [24]
Total planned: 66 [25] 		Green check.svgOrdered 2014 [24]
Embraer KC-390, Paris Air Show 2019, Le Bourget (SIAE0824).jpg C-390 Millennium Brazil airlifter Ordered: 19 [26] Green check.svgOrdered 2014 [26]
UAVs
— Atobá XR Brazil unmanned combat aerial vehicle UndisclosedGreen check.svgUnder development since 2020s [27]
Radars
Ground Master 200 Multi Mission Compact Gyraphus 8x8 armoured.jpg Ground Master 200 Netherlands6×6
air defense radar 		Undisclosed [28] Red x.svgOrdered 2024 [28]
Missiles
ILA 2008 PD 446.JPG Meteor Europe beyond-visual-range missile Ordered: 100+ [29] Red x.svgOrdered 2019 [29]
IRIS-T expo front.JPG IRIS-T Europe medium-range air-to-air missile Undisclosed [30] Red x.svgOrdered 2021 [30]
Bombs
Spice bomb front.JPG Spice Israel precision-guided bomb Undisclosed [31] Red x.svgOrdered 2015 [31]
Planned contracts
TypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
attack fighter 24 [23] Red x.svgUnder selection process [23]
attack helicopter 24 [32] Red x.svgUnder selection process [32]
presidential aircraft 1 [33] Red x.svgUnder selection process [33]

Joint Staff of the Armed Forces

PhotoEquipmentOriginVariantsQuantityProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
Operacao Poseidon (51443464716).jpg H225M France
Brazil		 multirole helicopter Ordered: 50 [34] Green check.svgOrdered 2012 [34]
RAN squirrel helicopter at melb GP 08.jpg H125 France
Brazil		Ordered: 27 [35] Green check.svgOrdered 2022 [35]
Planned contracts
TypeTotal plannedProduction in Brazil?Notes and references
medium/high altitude (SAM) Undisclosed [36] Red x.svgUnder selection process [36]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazilian Army</span> Land arm of the Brazilian Armed Forces

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">MAX 1.2 AC</span> Brazilian anti-tank guided missile

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brazilian Army Aviation</span> Military unit

The Brazilian Army Aviation is the air segment of the Brazilian Army, operating rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) in conjunction with surface forces such as the 12th Light Infantry Brigade (Airmobile). Originally founded with aircraft in 1919, it ceased to exist in 1941, re-emerging in its current form in 1986. It has mainly transport aircraft in addition to light attack helicopters, but does not use dedicated attack helicopters. Its command (CAvEx) in Taubaté, São Paulo, is linked to the Land Operations Command, in Brasília, and the Southeastern Military Command. CAvEx only has subordinates in the 1st and 2nd battalions, also in Taubaté. The 3rd and 4th are respectively in Campo Grande and Manaus, subordinate to the Western and Amazonian Military Commands, and there is a detachment in Belém, in the Northern Military Command.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">AV-TM 300</span> Brazilian cruise missile

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paraguayan Air Force</span> Air warfare branch of Paraguays armed forces

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joint Staff of the Armed Forces</span>

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<i>Tamandaré</i>-class frigate Brazilian frigate class

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Brazilian frigate <i>Liberal</i> Niterói-class Frigates

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Aerospace Operations Command</span> Brazilian air and space command

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Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201) is a Tamandaré-class stealth guided-missile frigate under construction for the Brazilian Navy.

Cunha Moreira (F202) will be the third Tamandaré-class stealth guided-missile frigate for the Brazilian Navy.

Mariz e Barros (F203) will be the fourth Tamandaré-class stealth guided-missile frigate for the Brazilian Navy.

Almirante Karam (S43) —previously known as Angostura— is the fourth unit of the Riachuelo-class submarines built for the Brazilian Navy by ICN in Itaguaí, and DCNS, a modified design of the original French Scorpène class

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  10. 1 2 "420 Guaicurus para el Ejército Brasileño". Pucará Defensa (in Spanish). 5 July 2024.
  11. 1 2 "UH-60 Black Hawks". gov.br (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 28 July 2024.
  12. 1 2 "Embraer e Exército Brasileiro apresentam o radar nacional SABER M200 VIGILANTE de alerta aéreo antecipado". embraer.com. 10 December 2021.
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  19. 1 2 "AMRJ realiza primeiros cortes de chapa para construção do NPa 'Miramar'". Defesa Aérea e Naval. 21 August 2024.
  20. 1 2 "CREDN aprova emendas ao PLOA/2024, destinadas às Forças Armadas e ao Itamaraty". Chamber of Deputies (in Portuguese). 22 November 2023.
  21. 1 2 "Estaleiro Brasileiro da Sembcorp Marine Premiado com Embarcação de Apoio à Pesquisa para a Marinha do Brasil". Jurong Aracruz (in Portuguese). 13 June 2022.
  22. 1 2 "EDGE Group to Supply MANSUP Series Anti-Ship Systems to the Brazilian Navy". EDGE Group. 14 November 2023.
  23. 1 2 3 4 "Como será a conversa de Lula com a primeira-ministra da Itália no G20". Veja . 25 October 2024.
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