Nuclear powered submarines in the Brazilian market

Navy forces in Brazil are making huge plans to introduce new nuclear powered submarines. They are planning to purchase 20 conventional submarines and 6 nuclear powered submarines.

The development of first nuclear powered submarine involves expensive research and development so, Brazilian navy has projected a cost of 2 billion Euros in the construction of first nuclear powered submarine for which funds will be paid to the French DCNS shipyard.

As per an agreement signed last year for the production of submarines, France and Brazil will work in the joint collaboration. They have decided to build 15 new submarines while 5 will be renovated. 

Brazil is trying to develop its defense outlay to claim its control on the continent for which protests have been made for permanent membership of the U. N. Security Council. Rival countries have noticed Brazilian’s massive expansion of naval forces against which they have already taken few steps like Argentina has decide to restore its nuclear development program this month. 

Brazil to have nuke submarine reactor in 2014

Brazil will finish the first reactor for its nuclear submarine in 2014, the navy's nuclear propulsion program chief Andre Ferreira Marques said in an interview.

The reactor will be powered initially with five-per cent enriched uranium and eventually with 20-per cent, he said in the interview with the state's Agencia Brasil news agency.

Brasilia will begin building its nuclear sub in 2016 and complete it in 2021, an adaptation of the Scorpene bought from France.

The sub reactor will be used as a model for future Brazilian nuclear power plant reactors, he added.

Brazil is working towards self-sufficiency in nuclear fuel from 2014, official said. (AFP)

Brazil expands defense manufacturing

Brazil is expanding its defense manufacturing program and has set a target to make its own armored vehicles -- more than 2,000 in the first phase -- with Italian help.

Last year President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced a government-led revival of the armaments industry, which peaked during dictatorship years in the 1970s and 1980s but slumped at the end of the Iran-Iraq war in 1988.

Lula's comments have indicated the aim of the defense industry's revival is three-fold: to open a new source of export revenue; to make Brazil self-sufficient in some of the frequently used equipment within its burgeoning armed forces, and to reassert the country's pre-eminence in Latin America.

Brazil has campaigned for a permanent seat on the Security Council as part of the effort to assume a leadership role in the region. Diplomacy and good manners have kept Brazil's neighbors quiet about Lula's ambitions, but a proactive foreign policy has involved vigorous contacts with distant partners like China, Iran and Russia.

Brazilian president committed to refurbishment of Armed Forces

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterated his administration's commitment to the refurbishment of the country's Armed Forces on Monday.

In a ceremony presenting the country's new generals in Brasilia, the president said the army received a shipment of 34 combat vehicles last week, the first of many of this kind.

"Until 2030, there will be 3,000 combat vehicles," he said.

President Lula also commented on the purchase of 36 fighter jets, which have been under negotiation. According to Lula, the government's final decision on the jet procurement would be announced in early January next year. The jets involved in the negotiation are France's Rafale, the United States' F-18 and Sweden's Gripen NG.

Additionally, President Lula stressed the importance of the nuclear submarine to the country. The submarine will be built in Brazil under an agreement signed with France, which was announced earlier this year.
    
The president also said that Brazil's Armed Forces need to be recognized for their roles in programs such as the Minustah, the UN's mission in Haiti, in the fight against dengue fever in the northeastern state of Bahia, and in the support they provide to airmail services and hospitals in the Amazon rainforest region. (Original News)

Tupi Class Submarine

Key Data:

Crew

Improved Tupi - 40
Tupi - 30 with 8 officers

Displacement (Surfaced)

Improved Tupi - 1,850t
Tupi - 1,260t

Displacement (Dived)

Improved Tupi - 2,425t
Tupi - 1,440t

Dimensions:

Length

Improved Tupi - 6.7m
Tupi - 61m

Width

Improved Tupi - 8m
Tupi - 6.2m

Height

5.5m

Performance:

Surface or Snorting Speed

Over 10kt

Submerged Speed

24kt

Range Surfaced

Improved Tupi - 11,000 miles
Tupi - 8,000 miles

Range Dived

400 miles

Weapon Systems:

Torpedo Tubes

8 x bow tubes, 533mm, swim-out discharge

Torpedoes

8 ready-to-launch plus 8 for reloading

IPqM Torpedoes

Range 18km, speed 45kt

Tigerfish Mod 1 or Mod 27 Torpedo

Range 14km to 40km, speed 25kt to 40kt

IPqM Mines

MCF-01/100 mines in lieu of torpedoes

Radar:

Weapon Control

KAFS-A 10

Radar Warning Receiver

DR-4000

Sensors:

Periscopes

2 x Kollmorgen Mod 76 periscopes

I-band Navigation Radar

Calypso III

Hull-Mounted Sonar

CSU-83/1

Engines:

Diesel Engines (Tupi)

4 x MTU 12V 493 AZ80 GAA31L

Alternators (Tupi)

4 x Siemens 1.8MW

Motor (Tupi)

Siemens 3.4MW motor

Diesel Engines (Improved Tupi)

4 x MTU 12V 396, providing 2.76MW

 

The Brazilian Navy submarine Tupi (S30)