Embraer and Boeing partner on Super Tucano weapon integration
FARNBOROUGH AIR SHOW » JULY 10, 2012 by Neelam Mathews July 10, 2012, 6:00 PM Embraer and Boeing signed an agreement here yesterday to collaborate on the integration of new weapons on the A-29 Super Tucano single-engine turboprop trainer . The deal adds yet another twist to the saga of the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support ( LAS ) program, where the Super Tucano is pitched against the somewhat similar Hawker Beechcraft AT -6. Embraer and Boeing said their new cooperation would not only enhance the Super Tucano solution for LAS , it would exceed the requirement “in ways that are important to the customer.” There is a wider context to the news; Embraer and Boeing signed a broad cooperation agreement in April, followed two months later by a deal to collaborate on Embraer’s new KC -390 airlifter. “Why not space in the future?” said Luiz Carlos Aguiar, president of Embraer Defesa & Segura...