(Amerika) Brasilianische Marine

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Brazil commissions second, indigenously-built submarine

Naval Group’s technology transfer agreement empowered Itaguaí Naval Constructions, a Brazilian shipyard, to construct the submarine entirely in Brazil.

The Brazilian Navy commissioned the Humaitá, its second diesel-electric submarine in the Riachuelo-class, on 12 January 2024. Notably, the unique aspect about this milestone is that this vessel was produced entirely in Brazil by Itaguaí Naval Constructions (INC), a state-owned shipbuilder and naval nuclear engineering company. In the form of a considerable technology transfer agreement, the French maritime systems supplier, Naval Group, has transformed the Brazilian defence industrial base, which now boasts enough capacity to produce such a sophisticated platform as a French Scorpène submarine. [...]

This scheme set the scene to begin building four conventional attack submarines (SSKs) in July 2011 that were based on the Scorpène design. This model was jointly developed by Naval Group, a French state-owned naval manufacturer, and Navantia, a Spanish shipbuilder. Brazil’s boats are designated Riachuelo (S40), Humaitá (S41), Tonelero (S42), and Ango Stura (S43). The lead submarine, the S40, was launched in December 2018 and commissioned in 2022.

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