Aircraft
Embraer Defense & Security Eyes European Expansion
Several important achievements for Embraer this year included receipt of the Final Type Certificate for the C-390 Millennium.
Saab Gripen F-39E
Brazil’s Força Aérea Brasileira already operates four Saab Gripen F-39E fighters, part of an agreement for 36 Gripens under a license-production program. The air force also flies the C-390 Millennium. (Photo: Embraer)

Embraer enters the Paris Airshow following several important achievements this year, but the expansion of the company’s footprint in Europe ranks among the most significant for its defense and security division.

Receipt of the final type certificate for the C-390 Millennium multi-mission jet transport program in April marked perhaps the most noteworthy step toward its European market expansion. The approval officially confirms the aircraft’s full operational capability (FOC) to perform all the missions specified in its design requirements, lending further credibility to a program that has already borne the fruits of intensive sales efforts on the continent.

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