SAO PAULO (Reuters) - With the KC-390 military cargo jet, Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA is challenging Lockheed Martin Corp's C130J Super Hercules with a plane that promises to fly higher ...

The Brazilian air force plans to acquire 28 military cargo jets from aircraft manufacturer Embraer SA worth 7.2 billion Brazilian reais ($3.27 billion), the company said Tuesday.

Watch How Fast This Embraer C-390 Converts from Cargo Plane to Water Bomber. September 6, 2022. ... which allows the C-390 Millennium to be converted from a cargo plane to perform firefighting ...

Embraer on 9 April said it has entered into an agreement with Brazil’s state-controlled postal corporation Correios to study the potential of the E190F, E195F and C-390 to transport cargo.

Pilots of the KC-390 were only able to recover the aircraft 300 meters from the ground. Embraer has grounded the first prototype of the new KC-390 military cargo jet after a stall test incident on ...

Embraer, which has worked on a predesign for a potential E-Jet E1 cargo conversion, is contemplating a 70- to 90-seat turboprop and may decide on the next aircraft after 2020.