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C-390 Joint Venture Scrapped, Millennium Joins the Covid Effort

Despite the ending of the Boeing-Embraer JV to oversee development and marketing of the tanker-transport, the original marketing agreement remains.

A KC-390 Millennium delivers a heavy load during the final air-drop trials at Yuma Proving Ground in December. (Photo: Embraer)

By David Donald • Contributor - UK

April 26, 2020

The shock announcement on April 25 that Boeing was terminating the Master Transaction Agreement (MTA) with Embraer—to establish a joint venture for the Brazilian OEM’s commercial aviation business—also extends to the two companies’ plans to establish Boeing Embraer–Defense as a joint venture to manage all aspects of the C-390 Millennium medium airlifter/tanker. This development was announced last November at the Dubai Airshow, with Boeing to take a 49 percent share.

However, a teaming agreement to jointly market and support the aircraft remains in place for the time being. This had initially been signed as a marketing venture in 2012 and was expanded in 2016 to include Boeing’s global services and support network.

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