Embraer and SNC (Sierra Nevada Corporation), a worldwide reference in aerospace and national security, announced yesterday at the "Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) Air, Space & Cyber Conference" that the companies have entered into an agreement for the sale of one A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to SNC. The sale is being made in advance of a pending Foreign Military Sales (FMS) case. 

SNC’s early investment in this aircraft allows the companies’ foreign partner to immediately begin pilot training upon anticipated contract award. It also reduces time to Initial Operational Capability (IOC) by as much as a year. The aircraft will be manufactured at the Embraer defense production line located in Jacksonville, Florida. Over the course of a decade, both have worked to deliver nearly 50 of the multi-mission combat aircraft to air forces around the globe.

 The A-29  is a versatile and powerful turboprop aircraft which allows it to perform operations from unimproved runways and at forward operating bases in austere environments and rugged terrain. It is a global reference in its class with more than 600,000 flight hours (see for details AVIONEWS).

The Super Tucano fulfills a wide range of missions such as advanced pilot training, close air support (CAS), air patrol, air interdiction, JTAC training, armed intelligence Surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), border surveillance, and air escort. Because of this unmatched combination of capabilities and operational flexibility, combined with its economical life cycle cost, the model has been selected by 22 air forces around the world. Most recently, the companies delivered three aircraft for the Combat Aviation Advisor (CAA) mission for US Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).