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New Dubai Office Backs Embraer's Defense Ambitions In Middle East

The Brazilian manufacturer is exhibiting its C-390 multi-role tactical transport and the Super Tucano at the Dubai Airshow

Embraer C-390 at Dubai Airshow 2023 — Embraer is exhibiting a Super Tucano and its C-390 multirole tactical transport at the Dubai Airshow. (Photo: David McIntosh)

By Charles Alcock • Managing Editor

November 12, 2023

Embraer Defense & Security has backed up its optimistic outlook for the Middle East market by investing in a new sales office in Dubai. The Brazilian manufacturer’s team in the UAE is actively pursuing multiple sales prospects in the region as well as in Central and South Asia, according to the division’s president and CEO, Bosco da Costa Junior.

The presence at the Dubai Airshow of Embraer’s C-390 Millennium multi-role tactical transport and the A-29 Super Tucano—which it bills as a versatile platform for training, aerial interception, and surveillance roles—mirrors Embraer's new storefront in Dubai. “Customers [in the Middle East] are looking at several possible missions for the C-390, including search and rescue and inflight refueling,” da Costa told AIN in a pre-show interview. “It’s one asset for several missions and that’s why some people call it a Swiss Army Knife.”

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