> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.lacaribenanews.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Brazil Took Five Defence Firms to Africa Last Week. Guyana Buys Its Aircraft From Washington and Rome. - URL: https://www.lacaribenanews.com/brazil-defence-industry-africa-aad-2026-guyana-2026/ - Published: 2026-09-23T03:32:53.000Z - Updated: 2026-09-23T03:32:54.000Z - Description: Brazil's defence industry association closed Africa Aerospace and Defence 2026 with delegations from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Botswana at its state-backed stand. Guyana patrols its border with Brazil each year and buys its aircraft elsewhere. - Author: Theon Alleyne - Tags: Business, Guyana, Brazil, Global South **Quick summary:** Brazil's defence industry closed Africa's largest defence exhibition on 20 September with delegations from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Botswana at its stand, five companies present and the state export agency behind them. Guyana buys its aircraft from the United States and Italy, and its Brazilian defence relationship is patrols and training. By LCN Business Desk Five Brazilian defence companies spent last week selling to Africa. The Brazilian Association of Defence and Security Materials Industries (ABIMDE) closed its participation in Africa Aerospace and Defence 2026 with delegations from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Botswana received at the Brazilian stand, along with business people seeking commercial ties, according to the association's own account reported by [Defesa em Foco](https://www.defesaemfoco.com.br/abimde-encerra-aad-2026-com-novas-conexoes-comerciais-em-cinco-paises-africanos/?ref=lacaribenanews.com). The exhibition ran from 16 to 20 September at Waterkloof Air Base in Pretoria. The companies were Cinadra, CSA, IAS, M&K and Xmobots, covering components for ammunition and rockets, aeronautical engine maintenance, specialised logistics and unmanned systems, [PortalR3](https://www.portalr3.com.br/2026/09/14/abimde-coordena-espaco-brasil-na-africa-aerospace-and-defence-expo-2026?ref=lacaribenanews.com) reported. The stand, called Espaço Brasil, was organised by ABIMDE with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, ApexBrasil, and had the support of Brazil's Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ## Who does Brazil already sell to in this hemisphere? Eight Latin American countries fly its light attack and surveillance aircraft. Panama signed for four A-29 Super Tucanos in September 2025, becoming the eighth, alongside Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic, [Embraer](https://www.embraer.com/media-center/en/?mediatype=NEWS&detail=21847&ref=lacaribenanews.com) said. Twenty-two air forces have chosen the aircraft. The Dominican Republic is the Caribbean name on that list. No CARICOM member appears on it. ## What does Guyana buy, and from whom? | Purchase | Supplier | Reported | | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------- | | Two rotary wing aircraft, US$16 million | Bell Textron, United States | News Room, September 2024 | | One Tecnam P2012 aircraft | Tecnam, Italy | Delivered June 2025 | | Brazilian defence equipment | None found on the public record | See below | Sources: [News Room](https://newsroom.gy/2024/09/30/govt-inks-us16m-contract-for-two-rotary-wing-aircraft/?ref=lacaribenanews.com) for the rotary wing contract; reported deliveries for the Italian aircraft. On the public record this newspaper can find, Guyana has not bought defence equipment from Brazil. ## What is the Guyana and Brazil defence relationship, then? Soldiers, not suppliers. The Guyana Defence Force hosted the 28th Regional Meeting of Military Exchange with the Brazilian Army at the World Trade Center in Georgetown, a three-day engagement chaired by Guyana, according to the [GDF](https://gdf.mil.gy/gdf-hosts-28th-regional-military-exchange-with-brazilian-army/?ref=lacaribenanews.com). The Brazilian delegation was led by Brigadier General Roberto Pereira Angrizani, commander of the 1st Jungle Infantry Brigade at Boa Vista. The meeting alternates between the two countries each year. The work behind it is joint patrolling. The GDF and the Brazilian Army ran mirrored patrols in the Takutu and Ireng sectors of Region Nine, with air, mobile and motorised patrols on both sides of the border, at Bonfim and Normandia in Brazil and Kanapang and Chiung in Guyana, [Stabroek News](https://www.stabroeknews.com/2025/11/23/news/guyana/gdf-brazil-army-in-joint-patrols/?ref=lacaribenanews.com) reported. The GDF supported the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission against illegal mining in the Ireng sector, and equipment found was seized and destroyed. ## Why does the Africa trip matter to a Caribbean reader? Because of how it was organised. A trade association took five companies to a buyer market, a state export agency paid to put them under one roof, and two ministries backed the trip. That is an export promotion machine, and it is aimed at exactly the markets CARICOM says it wants to trade with. La Caribeña News reported the Caribbean side of that corridor in [Sankofa Global Brings Ghana-Sourced Shea and Cocoa Butters to the Guyana Market](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/sankofa-global-guyana-shea-butter-ghana/), and the payment rail being built between the two regions in [Four Caribbean Governors Met Africa's Payment System in Port of Spain](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/caricom-capss-papss-central-banks-port-of-spain-2026/). Brazil's reach into hemispheric markets is not new to this newspaper's readers. It was the only supplier able to fill the 300,000 tonnes of beef Washington opened to the hemisphere, reported in [Only Brazil Can Fill It](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/us-beef-quota-300000-tonnes-brazil-caribbean-2026/), and it is one of three countries racing to refine the region's lithium, reported in [Chile, Argentina and Brazil Race to Refine Lithium](https://www.lacaribenanews.com/lithium-chile-argentina-brazil-refining-guyana-mineral-mapping-2026/). Guyana's defence budget is being spent, and so far it has been spent in North America and Europe. The country that shares its longest land border, and patrols it with the GDF every year, sold it nothing. ### What the title card shows - **5 African delegations:** Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Botswana received at Brazil's stand. Source: ABIMDE via Defesa em Foco. - **5 Brazilian companies:** Cinadra, CSA, IAS, M&K and Xmobots, covering ammunition and rocket components, engine maintenance, logistics and unmanned systems. Source: PortalR3. - **16 to 20 September:** Africa Aerospace and Defence 2026, at Waterkloof Air Base, Pretoria. - **8 Latin American countries** fly Brazil's A-29 Super Tucano, including the Dominican Republic. Panama became the eighth in September 2025\. Source: Embraer. - **US$16 million:** Guyana's contract for two rotary wing aircraft, from a United States supplier. Source: News Room. ## Frequently Asked Questions What did Brazil's defence industry do at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2026? ABIMDE coordinated a national stand with five companies, supported by the export agency ApexBrasil and two ministries. It received delegations from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Lesotho and Botswana during the exhibition, which ran from 16 to 20 September at Waterkloof Air Base in Pretoria. Does Guyana buy Brazilian defence equipment? On the public record this newspaper can find, no. Guyana contracted a United States supplier for two rotary wing aircraft at US$16 million in September 2024 and took delivery of an Italian aircraft in June 2025. What do Guyana and Brazil do together militarily? They hold an annual Regional Meeting of Military Exchange, the 28th of which Guyana chaired in Georgetown, and they run mirrored patrols along the border, including operations against illegal mining in the Ireng sector. Which Caribbean country flies Brazilian military aircraft? The Dominican Republic, which is one of the eight Latin American operators of the A-29 Super Tucano. No CARICOM member is on that list.