Aircraft
KC-390 Orders Push Embraer To Boost Output
Geopolitics accelerates military airlifter procurement
Embraer KC-390
According to Embraer, rising demand for its KC-390 multi-role military aircraft is prompting it to increase production rates.

As Embraer’s KC-390 Millennium continues to attract orders from around the world, the Brazilian manufacturer aims to more than double annual production from the four it delivered in 2025 to 10 a year by the end of the decade. During a media briefing before the Farnborough International Airshow, Embraer Defense and Security chief marketing officer Marcio Monteiro compared demand for the multi-role military transport to a fully booked restaurant, saying, “We are being very mindful about the investments that are needed to ramp up.”

Since Brazil’s air force received its first KC-390 in 2019, 14 aircraft are in service: eight with the launch operator, four with Portugal, and two with Hungary. The Czech Republic, Uzbekistan, and South Korea are also due to take delivery of their first aircraft this year.

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