Wed, May 27, 2009
Brazilian Air Force Receives Advanced Training And Light Attack
Airplane
Embraer has delivered their 100th Super Tucano aircraft,
Tuesday, at the Company’s headquarters in São
José dos Campos, State of São Paulo, Brazil. The
Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira –
FAB) established the technical-operational requisites for this
advanced turboprop, designated as the A-29 by the FAB, which has
ordered 99 aircraft.
“We are proud to deliver the 100th aircraft specifically
to the FAB, which was the first to operate the Super Tucano,”
said Orlando José Ferreira Neto, Embraer Executive Vice
President, Defense Market. “The FAB’s ability to
establish challenging requisites that reflect real operating
conditions was of paramount importance to our development of such a
successful airplane. As a result, the Super Tucano offers the
market’s best solution for more efficient tactical training,
and the best operational adaptation, by incorporating leading edge
technologies.”
Out of a total of 169 units sold, so far, Embraer has orders
from the Air Forces of Chile, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador.
The Super Tucano currently operates successfully with the Brazilian
and Colombian Air Forces on air space surveillance and
operational missions.
The Super Tucano, in its single- and two-seat versions, entered
service with the FAB in December 2003, to be used both to train
pilots and to fly operational missions. This flexibility makes the
Super Tucano the only aircraft in production, in the world, that is
capable of handling advanced pilot training, surveillance, and
counter-insurgency missions, including at night, with the aid of
night-vision goggles, and electro-optical and infra-red sensors. It
also operates on rustic airfields and with a wide variety of
qualified external load configurations.
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