Ministério das Relações Exteriores

NEWS

(Source: Ministry of Foreign Relations, 10/16/2009)

Indonesia acquires 8 "Super Tucano" aircrafts from Embraer

Embraer has just closed the sale of eight “Super Tucano” aircrafts, an advanced training and light attack aircraft, to the Indonesian Air Force.

This is the third international sale contract of the “Super Tucano” aircraft in 2009. In Brazil, 40 units have already been sold this year. Out of the 177 units sold so far, 100 have already been delivered – 75 to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) and 25 to Colombia.

The contract information and the price agreed for the units have not been published, but the basic version of the aircraft costs about US$10 million. The  increase in sales of the “Super Tucano” should improve the participation of the defense sector in Embraer’s revenue. In 2008, for example, the aircraft was responsible for more than half of the defense sector's exports of the company, which totalized US$504 million.

FAB receives royalties for the sale of the “Super Tucano”, since they sponsored the development of the aircraft. They have purchased 99 units, a contract appraised to be worth $449.7 million Reals.

The sale of the Brazilian “Super Tucano” may see a leap this year if the United States Air Force (USAF) decides to purchase an initial lot of 100 units with the possibility of reaching 200 units. The closing of the deal depends on a cooperation agreement in the defense sector between the governments of Brazil and the USA that still needs to be formalized.

Embraer is participating in the USAF's public bid for the purchase of 100 turboprop light attack aircrafts. Embraer is considered the favorite by defense sector specialists, because the “Super Tucano” is the only model that has its operation proven in action during antiwar missions in Colombia.

In January, the Dominican Republic acquired eight “Super Tucano” aircrafts and Ecuador, twenty-four.

In August 2008, Embraer sold 12 “Super Tucano” for the Chilean Air Force (FACh). The first aircraft is expected to be delivered on November 3^rd. In 2006, Colombia acquired 25 aircrafts, a US$235 million contract, representing the first international sale of the “Super Tucano”.