00:00They are also interested in offshore patrol vessels, OPVs.
00:05Brazil has Corpene submarines.
00:07They are interested in partnering with us in maintaining those submarines.
00:11They also seem to be interested in the Akash air defense system
00:14and in coastal surveillance systems, Garuda artillery guns.
00:20I think Ms. Huma's question about defense and nuclear cooperation with Brazil.
00:24Yes, there is going to be discussions on defense cooperation and enhancing it with Brazil.
00:34We are looking at avenues for joint research, technology sharing and training exchanges.
00:40We are still talking about what kind of cooperation is possible,
00:45what kind of defense platforms we can sell to Brazil,
00:48but there is still not much progress made.
00:50But broadly, we have a few areas that seem to be of interest to the Brazilian side.
00:55They are interested in secure communication systems on the battlefield.
01:02They are also interested in offshore patrol vessels, OPVs.
01:07Brazil has Corpene submarines.
01:09They are interested in partnering with us in maintaining those submarines.
01:12They also seem to be interested in the Akash air defense system
01:17and in coastal surveillance systems, Garuda artillery guns and so on.
01:23They are also interested in manufacturing defense industry joint ventures with us,
01:28joint R&D, of course, and co-development of systems.
01:32Somebody had mentioned the Embraer platform.
01:35Yes, we do use the Embraer platform to develop reconnaissance systems, etc., on top of that.
01:43So there is a lot of potential for us to work with Brazil,
01:46given their strength in the Embraer and in the aircraft industry in general.
01:52On nuclear cooperation, yes, there is interest.
01:54Both countries want to move away towards greener sources of energy,
02:00and therefore there is a scope of partnership there.
02:03We also work together on biofuels.
02:06But on the specific issue of SMR, small modular reactors, I don't have anything.
02:13Both of us are looking to partner with other countries, in fact,
02:15to try and get SMR technology.
02:17So hopefully we will have something to share with you by the time the visit ends.
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