Brazil's Embraer Shows Off Its Latest Military Plane in Asia
Written by Newsroom
Friday, 17 February 2006
Brazilian Embraer will show the Super Tucano military trainer aircraft for the first time on the Asian continent. The turboprop will be showcased at Asian Aerospace 2006, one of the three biggest aviation trade events in the world.
The Asian Aerospace event opens on February. 21 at the Changi Exhibition Center, in Singapore. Embraer's Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Systems will also be promoted at the show.
Embraer will also introduce Luiz Carlos Aguiar - the new Executive Vice-President, Defense and Government Market - who will appear for the first time at an air show after taking on the job in December. Aguiar previously served as Embraer's chairman of the board.
The Super Tucano will take a tour of Asia and the Middle East after the trade show, when a number of air forces will have the opportunity to evaluate the airplane. The aircraft departed from Brazil in early February and covered 11,500 nautical miles (21,298 km).
Embraer forecasts demand for 150 to 200 Super Tucanos in Asia and the Middle East over the coming five years.
Beg to differ. Embraer has a number of ongoing safety-related problems that their poorly paid and undermanned staff have been and still are incapable of solving on their own. There is still way too much reliance on the multitude of "partners" that Embraer uses to design and manufacturer systems and components. This relegates Embraer to the role of an assembler of aircraft as opposed to a true aircraft manufacturer. There are too many partner-supplied components in their aircraft, of which they have only the faintest understanding and worse yet don't fully appreciate the potential implications a failure can have in aircraft so many integrated systems. They just put 'em together and cross their fingers. They've been lucky until now because past Embraer aircraft did not use the sophisticated software technology (fly-by-wire) that is currently in the assembly lines so my guess is that their luck will be changing soon and not for the better. Unfortunately, the company is not likely to address these issued until it is drug kicking and screaming into the US or European legal system as the result of a design error resulting in a major accident. Watch the safety and reliability of the 170 and 190 fleet over the next few years as compared to the rest of the commercial aircraft industry and I believe that youll see that my comments will be borne out.
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heheheh written by Guest,
February 19, 2006
you are full of shit mate ,and you know that.....don't you??
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... written by Guest,
February 20, 2006
Be responsible and by all means sign your name at end of your comments... Embraer is one of the top airplanes manufactures in the world as the Canadian Bombardier's well knows it. There's not an ounce of thruth in your dilusional statements Mr. Heheheh, and that is why you didn't signed your name after your article Mr. Heheheh . I dare you to answer me with your full name and qualifications... It looks to me that your knowledge is faulty, non-factual, confused... and fully mixed with anger. Sincerely, Jorge Correa
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Jorge correa written by Guest,
February 21, 2006
eu sou o Mr hehehehe,i wrote [you are full of shit mate and you know that.....don't you??]............what's wrong with that?that's what i think of the guy who was putting down EMBRAER ,iam a very proud bazilian.i think you just got it all wrong,,
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Brazil received a huge boost in its international image with its selection as the host of the 2016 Olympics, but it was really just the cherry on top of the overall recognition of the country's ascension to the ranks of one of the world's most important countries. Now, as it finally takes its place on the world scene, there has been a great deal of concern about what kind of image Brazil hopes to project, now that the world is really paying attention. 
The only good thing to say about the visit to Brazil of Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on Monday November 23, is that it was mercifully short and lasted less than 24 hours. Ahmadinejad had his picture taken being hugged by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who gave him a warm welcome and said Iran had every right to develop nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. 
The small, coastal town of Condé is located just a twenty minute's drive from João Pessoa, the capital of Paraíba. The Northeast of Brazil has historically been a place of encounter and mixing between peoples. For millenia groups of indigenous people fished, farmed, migrated and sometimes fought along this large, fertile area. 
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Embraer is cool though. They make good airplanes.