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EMBRAER EYEING NEW MARKETS FOR

C-390 MILLENNIUM AND KC-390

Brazilian aerospace leader, Embraer C-390 for Middle East markets aircraft in 2023-24. The Hungarian
is showcasing its defence and secu- including Saudi Arabia. Defence Force fleet will be the first
rity products and solutions at the In addition to orders for the KC-390 in the world to feature an Intensive
ongoing Defence & Security exhi- from the Hungarian Defence Force Care Unit configuration, an essential
bition. Company officials remain and the Portuguese Armed Forces, feature for performing humanitarian
confident of market prospects in the the Netherlands Ministry of Defence missions.
region for products like the C-390 announced in June, that it would Embraer delivered the first KC-390
Millennium multi-mission transport procure five C-390s to replace its to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) in
aircraft and the A-29 Super Tucano C-130 fleet. The aircraft delivered to 2019. The FAB’s current fleet of five
light attack and training aircraft. Portugal and Hungary will be con- KC-390s are all fully operational and
Embraer’s Defence & Security prod- figured to perform Air-Air Refueling the entire fleet has now exceeded
ucts and solutions are present in and be fully NATO compatible, not 5,000 flight hours in operation with
more than 60 countries, and in addi- only in terms of hardware but also a mission completion rate of 97 per
tion to its aircraft platforms, these in terms of avionics and communi- cent, demonstrating outstanding
include broader solutions for air, cations. Most recently, in June, the availability and productivity in its
land, sea, space and cyber domains. Netherlands Ministry of Defence category. Company officials are also
Embraer is now focussing on export announced the selection of a fleet keen to highlight the KC-390’s utility
sales of the C-390 Millennium of five C-390 Millennium aircraft, for humanitarian relief missions, with
new generation multi-role military highlighting the performance and the type extensively used in oper-
transport aircraft and its air-to- operational output of the aircraft, ations to transport equipment and
air refueling configuration which to succeed their current fleet of medical supplies, ranging from liquid
is known as the KC-390. Embraer C-130 Hercules. The Portuguese oxygen to vehicles across Brazil at
entered into a memorandum of Air Force (FAP) has five KC-390s on the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
understanding (MoU) at the recently order and deliveries are to start in The C-390/KC-390 are produced at
concluded Farnborough Airshow 2023, while Hungary which has two Embraer’s Gavião Peixoto factory, in
with BAE Systems to promote the KC-390s is slated to receive the Brazil’s São Paulo state.

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