Speaking to Breaking Defense, Andrew Hunter said that the CCA loyal wingman program is proof the Air Force can move forward in new directions.
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Embraer has been marketing a NATO-specific version of the A-29, a light- attack prop plane, for several years, but Portugal marks the first customer to sign on.
By Tim Martin
Slovakian fixed wing air transport capabilities are currently covered by seven aging L-410 light and two Leonardo C-27J Spartan medium tactical lift platforms, but both are due to be cut from service under a new transport aviation replacement effort.
By Tim Martin “This strategy to become a supplier of the US government is not a project that I have created inside of my business unit only. It is a ‘One Embraer’ approach,” Embraer Defense and Security CEO Bosco da Costa Jr told Breaking Defense.
By Michael Marrow “Aerospace cooperation is important to both Sweden and Brazil. The new letter of intent provides a basis for us to further deepen this cooperation,” Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson said in a statement.
By Aaron Mehta
“We are running the facility without big orders coming from FMS [foreign military sales],” Bosco da Costa Jr., chief executive of Embraer’s defense unit, told Breaking Defense. “We are facing a gap of production there.”
By Valerie Insinna
“I think it’s fair to say that the L3 partnership is not there anymore for the agile tanker,” Embraer Defense and Security CEO Bosco da Costa Jr. told Breaking Defense. “They decided not to move on [it] because of other priorities.”
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Embraer claims over 260 A-29s have been sold globally, “surpassing 550,000 flight hours, with 60,000 of those in combat.”
By Aaron Mehta
Last year, Sweden decided to reassess how to move forward with a replacement of six Lockheed Martin C-130H Hercules after an attempt to procure used C-130J Super Hercules unexpectedly failed to meet requirements.
By Tim Martin Dutch State Secretary of Defence Christophe Van der Maat said that an original 2026 delivery timeline “turned out not to be feasible due to cooperation with Austria and negotiations with the manufacturer.”
By Tim Martin
“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.
By Tim Martin Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner reportedly said a contract for the new jets should be inked by the first half of 2024.
By Michael Marrow
Several nations are buying or installing new radars or sending new planes in the air in hopes of better tracking drug transshipments.
By Wilder Alejandro Sanchez
“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.”
By Aaron Mehta
