Embraer KC-390 takes maiden flight
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Boeing? Boeing is a limited partner with Embraer on development of the C-390 and has some exclusive marketing and support rights to the aircraft. And more recently Boeing has been in negotiations to outright purchase Embraer, or at least most of its civil business assets. The Brazilian government will not allow Boeing to purchase Embraer's military assets. Don't know if the C-390 is part of Embraer's civil or military divisions.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-e...-idUSKCN1MB2PI
Boeing, Embraer to build KC-390 military cargo jet in U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. planemaker Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer are in talks to set up an assembly line to build KC-390 military cargo jets in the United States, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.
In July, the two planemakers announced a deal to give Boeing an 80 percent stake in Embraer’s commercial aircraft arm, marking the biggest realignment in the global aerospace market in decades. At the time, the companies also announced a deeper sales and services partnership on the new KC-390 military cargo jet through a separate defense venture that they said was likely to eventually receive a joint investment.
According to the report on Monday, which did not detail how the paper obtained the information, the two companies intend to create a defense-related joint venture to install the factory, which would be the second to produce the plane. Such a partnership would give Boeing a newly designed, U.S.-built tactical transport plane to sell directly against rival Lockheed Martin’s workhorse Hercules C130.
The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The move would allow the planemakers to grow their collaboration in the defense realm, after Boeing’s original takeover bid snagged on Brazilian concerns about it gaining control of national defense programs.
Boeing, Embraer to build KC-390 military cargo jet in U.S.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - U.S. planemaker Boeing and Brazil’s Embraer are in talks to set up an assembly line to build KC-390 military cargo jets in the United States, Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico reported on Monday.
In July, the two planemakers announced a deal to give Boeing an 80 percent stake in Embraer’s commercial aircraft arm, marking the biggest realignment in the global aerospace market in decades. At the time, the companies also announced a deeper sales and services partnership on the new KC-390 military cargo jet through a separate defense venture that they said was likely to eventually receive a joint investment.
According to the report on Monday, which did not detail how the paper obtained the information, the two companies intend to create a defense-related joint venture to install the factory, which would be the second to produce the plane. Such a partnership would give Boeing a newly designed, U.S.-built tactical transport plane to sell directly against rival Lockheed Martin’s workhorse Hercules C130.
The companies did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The move would allow the planemakers to grow their collaboration in the defense realm, after Boeing’s original takeover bid snagged on Brazilian concerns about it gaining control of national defense programs.
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KC-390 achieves key cargo drop milestones
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The Embraer KC-390 tactical transport has completed a campaign involving aerial drops of cargo.
“The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop (LVAD), respectively,” says Embraer in a statement.
“The KC-390 Millennium new generation multi-mission medium airlifter has successfully concluded the testing campaign for gravity airdrop and extraction drop of heavy loads by the use of the Container Delivery System (CDS) and Low Velocity Air Drop (LVAD), respectively,” says Embraer in a statement.
50 Years of Embraer Le Bourget
I attended Le Bourget last year and it was 50 years of Embraer.....so here are my photos of their Kc-390...
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Hungary orders 2
Atop of Portugal ordering the KC-390, Hungary has just ordered a pair to be delivered by 2023.
https://embraer.com/global/en/news?s...ium-airlifters
https://embraer.com/global/en/news?s...ium-airlifters
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Heavy cut in KC-390 procurement - I have to wonder what that will do to the production line and costs. Hadn’t picked up the authorisation of new wide body tankers - chance for Airbus with the MRTT?
https://www.airway1.com/in-severe-bl...or-the-kc-390/
In severe blow to Embraer, Brazilian Air Force will reduce order for the KC-390
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced on Wednesday a surprising decision to cut the order for 28 KC-390 Millennium airlifter jets.
Claiming budget cuts, the service aims to reduce the rate of annual deliveries to two aircraft, but has not revealed how many units will be excluded from the order.
According to the original schedule, Embraer, which has already sent four KC-390s to the Air Force, should deliver three aircraft in 2021, three in 2022, four in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, four in 2026 and three in 2027.
The rate of delivery of two military transport jets per year suggests that the Air Force is expected to receive less than 20 aircraft in the future.
“The main issue concerns the expected number of 28 aircraft under the current contract, which, at this moment, has proved to be superior to the budgetary reality of the Force, both for acquisition and logistical support over time,” says the statement released by FAB.
The Air Force announcement is a major blow to the C-390 Millennium program. The order for 28 aircraft so far accounted for 80% of firm orders for the airlifter, which still has five units ordered by Portugal and two planes under an agreement with Hungary.
FAB has also played a role as a showcase for the jet, whose first aircraft was delivered in 2019. With greater capacity than the C-130 Hercules turboprop and much higher speed, the KC-390 has been used by Brazil in several missions, including the health aid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Weeks ago, the FAB received authorization from the Ministry of Defense to acquire two widebodies for air transport and refueling under the argument that the force lacks large-capacity aircraft.
Embraer has been betting on the C-390 as one of its main assets to obtain new orders while recovering from the failure of the joint venture with Boeing. The US airframer, in fact, was interested in being a partner of the Brazilian company in international sales of the airlifiter jet, but the agreement was also broken last year.
https://www.airway1.com/in-severe-bl...or-the-kc-390/
In severe blow to Embraer, Brazilian Air Force will reduce order for the KC-390
The Brazilian Air Force (FAB) announced on Wednesday a surprising decision to cut the order for 28 KC-390 Millennium airlifter jets.
Claiming budget cuts, the service aims to reduce the rate of annual deliveries to two aircraft, but has not revealed how many units will be excluded from the order.
According to the original schedule, Embraer, which has already sent four KC-390s to the Air Force, should deliver three aircraft in 2021, three in 2022, four in 2023, three in 2024, four in 2025, four in 2026 and three in 2027.
The rate of delivery of two military transport jets per year suggests that the Air Force is expected to receive less than 20 aircraft in the future.
“The main issue concerns the expected number of 28 aircraft under the current contract, which, at this moment, has proved to be superior to the budgetary reality of the Force, both for acquisition and logistical support over time,” says the statement released by FAB.
The Air Force announcement is a major blow to the C-390 Millennium program. The order for 28 aircraft so far accounted for 80% of firm orders for the airlifter, which still has five units ordered by Portugal and two planes under an agreement with Hungary.
FAB has also played a role as a showcase for the jet, whose first aircraft was delivered in 2019. With greater capacity than the C-130 Hercules turboprop and much higher speed, the KC-390 has been used by Brazil in several missions, including the health aid to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.
Weeks ago, the FAB received authorization from the Ministry of Defense to acquire two widebodies for air transport and refueling under the argument that the force lacks large-capacity aircraft.
Embraer has been betting on the C-390 as one of its main assets to obtain new orders while recovering from the failure of the joint venture with Boeing. The US airframer, in fact, was interested in being a partner of the Brazilian company in international sales of the airlifiter jet, but the agreement was also broken last year.
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I see South Korea is looking at building a similar design that carries underwing missiles for defence?.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...sport-aircraft
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...sport-aircraft
Millennium news
So looks like the Dutch have ordered it as Herk replacement
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/3...90-transporter
i also saw it this weekend at Austrian Airpower (my pics below )
And it’s been certified for aerial fighting
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https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/3...90-transporter
i also saw it this weekend at Austrian Airpower (my pics below )
And it’s been certified for aerial fighting
cheers
Hungarian under construction
First Hungarian KC-390 Millenium under construction
https://embraer.bynder.com/share/A4F...8679C1FA5E2EE/
https://embraer.bynder.com/share/A4F...8679C1FA5E2EE/
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The Brazilian company @embraer and the Saudi company SAMI have presented a deal for the Royal Saudi Air Force to procure the KC/C-390 as a replacement for the current 33x C-130H.
The offer includes the possible creation of a KC/C-390 production facility in the country.
The offer includes the possible creation of a KC/C-390 production facility in the country.
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Cool, I see the Saudi Herks all the time as they night stop at EGNX, it will be nice to see the Embraer.
If the real reason is budget cuts, hard to see the Brazilians turning around and appropriating money for tankers from another country.
New Delhi, February 9, 2024: Embraer Defense & Security and Mahindra announced today that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the objective of jointly fulfilling the acquisition of the C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft by the Indian Air Force in its upcoming Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) procurement project. The MoU was signed at the Embassy of Brazil in New Delhi.
