Embraer’s Millennium and Super Tucanos generate new customers
Brazilian aerospace company Embraer has delivered the first C-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft to the Hungarian Air Force, while new contracts have been announced for A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for Paraguay and Uruguay.
Millennium is not solely an aircraft for combat missions as it can also be used for HA/DR operations, making the platform a “true” multi-mission aircraft, Embraer told Shephard at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference 2024 in mid-September. The aircraft delivered to Hungarian Air Force has become the first model equipped with a roll-on/roll-off Intensive Care Unit.
In another first for the company, a C-390 assigned
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