Embraer can celebrate its next sales success: Just one day after the announced the sale of a total of nine C-390M transport aircraft to the Dutch Air Force (five aircraft) and the German Armed Forces (four)the Brazilians also announced the sale of six A-29 Super Tucano combat and training aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) during the Farnborough Airshow.
The order, scheduled for delivery from 2025, includes mission equipment and an integrated logistics services contract. https://militaeraktuell.at/russische-drohnen-navigieren-ohne-gps-glonass/ “We are honored by FAP’s decision and very pleased to announce further sales of the A-29 Super Tucano, which is a world leader in its segment. We are confident that the A-29 will meet the current and future needs of the FAP,” said Fabio Caparica, Commercial Vice President for Latin America at Embraer. “The Paraguayan Air Force has a constitutional mandate to protect territorial integrity and exercise effective sovereignty over the airspace within its framework to counter new threats such as the fight against drug trafficking and transnational organized crime,” said Air Force General Júlio Rubén Fullaondo Céspedes, Commander of the Paraguayan Air Force. “To face the new threats, we are in the process of modernizing our air and intelligence capabilities, and we intend to meet the technological standards that will allow us to correctly apply the measures established in the Law on the Surveillance and Protection of Paraguayan Airspace in order to effectively contribute to the maintenance of regional and international peace and security.”
According to Embraer, there have been more than 260 orders for the A-29 Super Tucano to date, with the delivered fleet clocking up more than 550,000 flight hours, 60,000 of which are in service. Most recently Portugal was the first country to opt for the NATO configuration A-29N Super Tucano. This is a version of the Super Tucano tailored to the needs of European nations.
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