Embraer’s 75,000-sq-ft Engineering & Technology Center in Melbourne, Fla., which opened in September last year and is the first such facility for the company outside of Brazil, is now in full swing. The facility conducts engineering and development activities for both products and technology across Embraer’s business lines–airliners, executive aviation, defense and aerospace–though for the time being is focused on designing and building rapid prototype interiors for its executive jets and airliners. It is also building competence in cabin electronics systems, including obtaining STCs for optional equipment.
The center houses a laboratory for the development and testing of materials and interior components, including 3-D computer-aided design, computational fluid dynamics, finite element modeling, 3-D virtual reality center, prototype capabilities and sophisticated laboratories and test equipment.
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