Embraer has signed a contract with an undisclosed customer for the sale of two C-390 Millennium multirole aircraft. The contract also includes a comprehensive training and support package as well as the supply of spare parts.
The aircraft will be specifically designed to meet customer requirements, which include tactical transportation of troops and vehicles, humanitarian aid, disaster management, and medical evacuation.
“We are honored to be selected by this new customer for the C-390 Millennium. This aircraft redefines the concepts of military transport aviation with an unbeatable combination of cutting-edge technology, reliability and low operational costs, with exceptional performance,” said Bosco da Costa Jr., President and CEO of Embraer Defense and Security. .
The new customer is the tenth country to choose the C-390 aircraft after Brazil, Portugal, Hungary, South Korea, the Netherlands, Austria, the Czech Republic, Sweden and Slovakia. The C-390 represents the next generation of military airlift with multi-mission capability and interoperability by design.
Since entering service with the Brazilian Air Force in 2019, the Portuguese Air Force in 2023, and most recently with the Hungarian Air Force in 2024, the C-390 has proven its capability, reliability and performance. The current fleet of aircraft in operation has logged more than 15,500 flight hours, with a mission capability rate of 93% and mission completion rates in excess of 99%, demonstrating exceptional productivity in this category.
The C-390 can carry more payload (26 tons) than other medium-sized military transport aircraft, flies faster (470 knots) and farther, and is capable of performing a wide range of missions such as transporting and dropping cargo, troops and medical. Evacuation, search and rescue, firefighting and humanitarian missions, operating on temporary or unpaved runways such as packed earth, soil and gravel. The aircraft equipped with air-to-air refueling equipment, designated KC-390, has demonstrated its ability to perform air-to-air refueling as a tanker and as a receiver, in this case by receiving fuel from another KC-390 using pods mounted underneath. wings.
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