Negotiations underway for Brazil’s first homegrown nuclear submarine’s final phase
The Brazilian Navy is in the process of finalizing contractual details for the third phase of its Submarine Development Program...
July 30, 2023Section
Defense Monitor
Weekly defense intelligence covering military, security, and defense industry developments across Latin America and Brazil.
Military aid to Ukraine falls short of pledges
The latest report from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy reveals that the military aid promised to Ukraine, in...
July 29, 2023
Turkey and Brazil commence drone-centric defense collaboration
A Brazilian Armed Forces delegation and members of the Defense Products Secretariat (Seprod/Defense Ministry) officially embarked on a collaborative journey...
July 28, 2023
Argentina’s largest aviation festival is held at the Morón military airfield
From July 21-23, the Argentine Air Force organized the Argentina Vuela 2023 festival at the Morón Military Air Base. The...
July 27, 2023
Bolivia outlines defense, technology and security agreement with Iran
The Bolivian Defense Minister, Edmundo Novillo Aguilar, held a press conference where he detailed the memorandum of understanding on defense,...
July 26, 2023
Bolivia and Iran confirm agreement on drone purchase
In an official meeting in Tehran, Bolivian Minister of Defense, Edmundo Novillo, and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, have...
July 25, 2023
State-of-the-art marine surveillance system of the Brazilian Navy
In 2021, the Brazilian Navy initiated a project called the Sisgaaz Rio Phase Program to implement a state-of-the-art maritime monitoring...
July 24, 2023
Unitas 2023: Chile’s OPV-82 completes naval exercise during Colombian Navy’s bicentennial celebration
The Chilean Navy's ocean patrol vessel, OPV-82 Comandante Toro, concluded its participation in the multinational naval exercise, Unitas Colombia 2023,...
July 23, 2023
Colombia, Latin America’s large anti-drug and anti-terrorist fleet
For the past four decades, Colombia has relied heavily on various types of rotary-wing aircraft for anti-insurgent, anti-terrorist, and anti-narcotics...
July 22, 2023