SAO PAULO, Brazil – Boeing announced it is aware of Brazil’s announcement of not selecting the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter aircraft to meet the Brazilian Air Force’s F-X2 requirement. While the decision is disappointing for the aircraft maker, but added it will not diminish Boeing's ongoing commitment to its presence, partnerships and support Brazil’s security needs.

Boeing declared, over the next several weeks, it will work with the Brazilian Air Force to better understand the decision. While the participation in the F-X2 competition offered the opportunity for the aircraft maker to establish partnerships and collaboration with Brazilian government and industry, which will continue regardless of the F-X2 decision.

Boeing and Embraer have ongoing collaboration on the Embraer’s KC-390 aircraft program by sharing technical knowledge and evaluate markets where the two companies may join sales efforts for medium-lift military transport opportunities. The joint work between the two aircraft makers have been extended to provide weapons integration on the Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano designed for light attack, counter insurgency (COIN), close air support, aerial reconnaissance missions and pilot training

The history of Boeing products and the Brazilian military and government include:

  • Boeing Models 256 and 267 fighters – ordered in 1932, comprising 14 Boeing Model 256 fighters diverted from U.S. Navy contract and a further nine Boeing 267 aircraft.
  • Stearman A75L3 aircraft – twenty ordered and delivered in 1940 to the Brazilian army.
  • Boeing B-17G aircraft – six B-17Gs transferred from the U.S. Air Force and delivered in May 1951. An additional seven delivered in 1952.
  • Boeing 737-200 aircraft – two airplanes ordered new and delivered in 1975 as presidential transport airplanes.
  • Boeing 707-320C aircraft- four airplanes purchased from VARIG Airlines in 1985. All four modified by Boeing to KC-137 standard the following year. The airplanes are still in service.
  • A-4 Skyhawk- with Boeing’s assistance, 23 aircraft transferred from Kuwait to the Brazilian navy in the late 1990s. Boeing continues to support the aircraft.