Czech Republic begins negotiations to buy 2 Embraer C-390 transport aircraft

Czech Republic begins negotiations to buy 2 Embraer C-390 transport aircraft
Czech Republic begins negotiations to buy 2 Embraer C-390 transport aircraft

“A specific step was to start negotiations with the aim of achieving the lowest possible price and at the same time the shortest possible delivery date,” said Jana Cernochova, Czech Republic’s minister of defense.

Austria picks Embraer’s C-390 for airlift recap

Austria picks Embraer’s C-390 for airlift recap
Austria picks Embraer’s C-390 for airlift recap

Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner reportedly said a contract for the new jets should be inked by the first half of 2024.

South American militaries take aim at narco trafficking with new radars, exercises

South American militaries take aim at narco trafficking with new radars, exercises
South American militaries take aim at narco trafficking with new radars, exercises

Several nations are buying or installing new radars or sending new planes in the air in hopes of better tracking drug transshipments.

Embraer not talking to Ukraine about A-29, but hopes for other breakthroughs in Europe

Embraer not talking to Ukraine about A-29, but hopes for other breakthroughs in Europe
Embraer not talking to Ukraine about A-29, but hopes for other breakthroughs in Europe

“They were very interested in our plane in the past, but to be honest with you, we are not in touch with them anymore,” Bosco da Costa Junior told Breaking Defense during the Paris Airshow. “I don’t have any kind of open conversation with them.”

Sweden’s Saab, Brazil’s Embaer partner up for Gripen, C-390 sales

Sweden’s Saab, Brazil’s Embaer partner up for Gripen, C-390 sales
Sweden’s Saab, Brazil’s Embaer partner up for Gripen, C-390 sales

The companies hope their intercontinental partnership will expand sales of their own jets and increase collaboration on existing orders.

‘Tactical tanker’: Why L3Harris, Embraer think KC-390 offering can dodge new tanker wars

‘Tactical tanker’: Why L3Harris, Embraer think KC-390 offering can dodge new tanker wars
‘Tactical tanker’: Why L3Harris, Embraer think KC-390 offering can dodge new tanker wars

“This will easily be Buy American Act [compliant]. It’s not even going to be close,” L3Harris CEO Chris Kubasik said of the effort with Brazil’s Embraer.

L3Harris teams with Brazil’s Embraer to bring KC-390 tanker to US market

L3Harris teams with Brazil’s Embraer to bring KC-390 tanker to US market
L3Harris teams with Brazil’s Embraer to bring KC-390 tanker to US market

L3Harris believes that the KC-390 could be a key piece of the Air Force’s next-generation KC-Z family of tankers due to its smaller size and ability to operate in austere environments.

SOCOM Multi-Mission Plane Competition Heats Up

SOCOM Multi-Mission Plane Competition Heats Up
SOCOM Multi-Mission Plane Competition Heats Up

SOCOM has budgeted $106 million in 2021 to buy the first five of up to 75 Armed Overwatch aircraft to perform close air support for its troops on the ground, light attack and ISR missions. The planes would replace Air Force Special Operations Command current fleet of U-28 Draco aircraft.

Air Tractor Files Another Light Attack Aircraft Protest

Air Tractor Files Another Light Attack Aircraft Protest
Air Tractor Files Another Light Attack Aircraft Protest

Gen. Arnold Bunch says that Air Tractor’s initial AT-802 offering “did not have ejection seats.”

SecAF: Don’t Expect Large Budget Increases After 2019; $2.4B Set For Light Attack

SecAF: Don’t Expect Large Budget Increases After 2019; $2.4B Set For Light Attack
SecAF: Don’t Expect Large Budget Increases After 2019; $2.4B Set For Light Attack

The Air Force placed a $2.4 billion placeholder in the 2019 budget to buy Light Attack Aircraft over the next five years, Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson told reporters this morning.

A-10, Then A-11 And A-12? Air Force Ponders CAS Future

A-10, Then A-11 And A-12? Air Force Ponders CAS Future
A-10, Then A-11 And A-12? Air Force Ponders CAS Future

UPDATED: Adds Ayotte Comment WASHINGTON: The Air Force is considering not one, but two replacements for the aging A-10 Warthog close air support plane. But analysts wonder why, given that the service is already building a new bomber (the B-21), a new tanker (the KC-46), a new fighter (the F-35A), they would want to build two Close…

Beechcraft Protests Light Air Support Award; Kansas Lawmakers On Warpath

WASHINGTON: Wichita Congressman Mike Pompeo and Kansas senators Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran have written the Pentagon to protest Wichita-based Beechcraft’s loss of the bitterly contested Light Air Support contract, Rep. Pompeo told Breaking Defense this afternoon. Beechcraft, which had offered its AT-6 Texan II aircraft, announced plans earlier today to file a formal protest…

Beechcraft Exits Bankruptcy On Eve Of Air Force’s Light Air Support Pick

[Updated 1:15 pm, Feb. 20] Wichita-based Beechcraft — formerly Hawker Beechcraft — has officially emerged from bankruptcy with a new name, 2,000 fewer employees, $2 billion less debt, and one last shot at a bitterly contested Air Force contract to provide ground attack planes to Afghanistan. The Air Force’s decision on the Light Air Support…

Hawker Beechcraft Chairman Rebuffs Security Concerns Over Sale To Chinese: EXCLUSIVE

The proposed sale of bankrupt Hawker Beechcraft to a Chinese company will create no security problems for the US military, pledged Hawker chairman Bill Boisture in an exclusive interview with Breaking Defense. If the potential $1.8 billion sale to Superior Aviation Beijing actually goes through — and at least one well-regarded industry observer, Richard Aboulafia,…