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Air Force

Embraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, February 19th, 2026

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Embraer Pledges $500 Million Investment In U.S. Production Of KC-390, If Sizeable Domestic Order Placed

Render of Embraer's KC-390 equipped with refueling boom designed by the Brazilian company and Northrop Grumman. Image: Embraer and Northrop Grumman

MELBOURNE, Fla.—In 2024, L3Harris Technologies [LHX] backed out of a partnership begun two years earlier to develop a refueling boom for Embraer’s [EMBJ] KC-390 tanker, but on Thursday Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Embraer announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding at Northrop Grumman’s site here to develop a KC-390 autonomous fixed refueling boom to supplement the aircraft’s probe and drogue. Northrop Grumman is not a complete newcomer to the aerial refueling arena, as the company’s X-47B demonstrated probe and…

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