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Embraer’s KC-390 Cargo Tanker Receives Brazilian Type Certification

Wednesday, October 24th, 2018

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Embraer’s KC-390 Cargo Tanker Receives Brazilian Type Certification

The Embraer KC-390 transport airplane. Photo: Embraer.

Embraer’s KC-390 multi-mission military cargo plane has received type certification from Brazil’s civil aviation authority, the ANAC, clearing a path to full operational capability next year.Aimed at competing with Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] long-dominant C-130 Hercules transport plane, the KC-390 completed the first flight of a production model earlier this month, priming it for certification.Embraer partner Boeing [BA] is expected to help the KC-390 take on the C-130. In 2012, the two companies signed an agreement to share technical knowledge and…

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