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Embraer to Deliver Six A-29 Super Tucano to Paraguay

Our Bureau - : Jul 23, 2024 - : 11:40 pm

A day after it announced that the Netherlands would acquire nine multi-mission C-390 Millennium in a joint order with Austria, Embraer said on the second day of the ongoing Show that it had closed the sale of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP). Deliveries are scheduled from 2025.

As a multi-mission aircraft, the A-29 provides air forces with versatility for armed reconnaissance, close air support, light attack, and advanced training missions on a single platform, which exponentially increases the institutions’ availability and operational flexibility. The contract includes mission equipment and an integrated logistics services agreement.

“We are honored by the Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) decision and very pleased to be able to announce more A-29 Super Tucano sales, which is a leading aircraft in the international market in its segment. We are confident that the A-29 meets the current and future needs of the FAP”, says Fabio Caparica, Commercial Vice President for Latin America at Embraer Defense & Security.

“The Paraguayan Air Force (FAP) has the constitutional mission of safeguarding territorial integrity and, within its scope, exercising effective sovereignty over airspace, facing new threats, such as combating drug trafficking and transnational organized crime”, said Air General Júlio Rubén Fullaondo Céspedes, Commander of the Paraguayan Air Force. “To face emerging threats, we are in the process of modernizing our aerial and detection capabilities…”

The A-29 Super Tucano boasts over 260 orders, and has surpassed 550,000 flight hours, 60,000 of those in combat. The aircraft offers a wide range of missions such as close air support, air patrol, special operations, air interdiction, JTAC, forward air controller (FAC), air and tactical coordinator (TAC), Armed ISR, border surveillance, reconnaissance, air escort, basic, operational and advanced training, transition to air superiority fighters, JTAC/LIFT and FAC training.

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