Brazil has awarded Saab a ten-year, $4.5 billion contract for 36 fighter jets, a prize that was widely considered Boeing's to lose - which it did, in a keen disappointment for the US aircraft maker. The Brazilian defence minister, Celso Amorim, told reporters at an 18 December news conference in Brasilia that the Swedish aircraft maker was selected over Chicago-based Boeing because it had agreed to share more technology with contractors and because many parts for the new jet, the Gripen NG, would be made in Brazil.
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