Brazil urgently needs fighter jets - min
Asked if the deadline to buy planes in 2012 was still on the
cards, he said: “It is possible. I don’t dismiss it.”France’s Dassault Aviation-built Rafale, the US
Boeing’s F/A-18 Super Hornet and the Swedish Saab’s Gripen NG
have long been vying for the estimated $4-7 billion contract.
