Aircraft
Embraer-Adani Alliance Targets Regional Aircraft
Recent MOU does not confirm which aircraft types might be made in India
Adani Defense & Aerospace agreement SASA 2026
Executives from Embraer and Adani Defense & Aerospace celebrate an agreement signed in late January that could see airliners assembled in India for the domestic market.

Embraer and Adani Defence & Aerospace are teaming to develop regional air services in India. The Brazilian airframer signed a memorandum of understanding on January 27 to launch a partnership that will focus on possible local manufacturing of airliners, as well as supply chain support, aftermarket services, and pilot training.

The announcement did not specify when or how Indian manufacturing might begin, but indicated that an assembly line could be established. The partnership was described as being part of the “indigenization” goals of the Indian government’s Regional Transport Aircraft program, but did not explicitly confirm which Embraer aircraft programs.