Brazil Signs Deal to Build 20 More Gripen Jets at Home

Brazil · Defense Key Facts —Aircraft added. The framework covers 20 additional Gripen jets, raising Brazil’s planned fleet from 36 to 56 fighters. —Where they are built. Embraer will assemble the aircraft at its Gavião Peixoto industrial complex in São Paulo state. —Partnership structure. Brazil remains the only country outside Sweden licensed to produce the…