Embraer Defense & Security has dislcosed an order for six of the company’s A-29 Super Tucano light-attack turboprop aircraft.
“We are so glad to announce that we have sold six units of the A-29 Super Tucano to Paraguay,” Bosco da Costa Junior, chief executive of the defence business, said on 23 July. “This is very good news for Embraer.”
“Defence is a pure public good because it provides society with a service that contributes solely and exclusively to the stability of the nation as an essential element for an integrated development of a country,” says Julio Ruben Fullaondo Cespedes, commander of the Paraguayan air force.
”To face emerging threats, we are in the process of modernising our aerial and detection capabilities, and we intend to be up to the technological standards that allow us to correctly apply the measures established in the Law on Surveillance and Protection of Paraguayan Airspace to effectively contribute to the preservation of regional and international peace and security.”
So far, Embraer has orders for 260 of the light-attack aircraft, which has already logged 550,000h, 60,000 of which have been in combat. Other countries are also interested in the platform, Embraer says.
“Many air forces around the world are looking for this airplane,” da Costa Junior adds, noting ongoing discussions with the government of Portugal.
The Brazilian airfamer’s defence unit has had a banner start to this year’s Farnborough air show, revealing a combined nine-unit deal for the C-390 from the Netherlands and Austria, while its commerical aircraft division has announced no orders.
“We started good yesterday, good news today, let’s see what happens tomorrow,” da Costa Junior says.
