Will Italy buy the Embraer KC-390 Millennium plane from Brazil?
According to a Brazilian blog, the Italian Defense could buy Embraer's KC-390 cargo plane, already purchased by two other NATO members, Portugal and Hungary
Italy interested in Brazil's Embraer KC-390 Millennium aircraft.
In the meeting of 29 October in Rome, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella and the President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro discussed military collaboration between Italy and Brazil, reported by the Brazilian journalist Thiago Nolasco of R7 .
In particular, the President of Brazil would have shown interest in acquiring the Centauro II armored vehicles. On the contrary, Rome would have aimed at Embraer's tactical freighter.
“Sources present at the meeting reported that one of the main conversion issues was the sale of military products. Italy is interested in the Brazilian cargo KC-390 and Brazil in the Centauro 2 armored vehicles ″ reports the Brazilian journalist.
As Giacomo Cavanna recalls on AresDifesa , “in 2015, when President Dilma Rousseff returned from her trip to Italy where she had met Mattarella and Renzi, the news of Italian interest in the KC-390 bounced in the press”.
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THE REQUEST OF BOLSONARO
As the Brazilian blog points out, Brasilia seeks to expand military trade with Rome to balance the trade balance, which is currently favorable to Italians.
So Italy would have shown interest in the KC-390 cargo plane manufactured by Embraer, according to R7 .
WHAT IS THE KC-390 FROM EMBRAER
Developed by Brazilian manufacturer Embraer to replace the C-130 Hercules, the KC-390 Millennium is a multi-mission tactical freighter. The aircraft is capable of carrying up to 26 tons. Initially, the Brazilian Air Force bought 28 aircraft, but renegotiates the contract with the manufacturer.
ENGAGED IN THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE FLEET?
“The KC-390 is one of the products that could be included in the assessments of the Air Force to complement the C-130J line given the narrowness of the solutions on the market. The advantages would not be so much in the load capacity as in the speed of transfer ”underlines Cavanna on AresDifesa .
OPERATING IN BRAZIL, PURCHASED FROM PORTUGAL AND HUNGARY
At the moment, the aircraft is only operational at the Brazilian Air Force. Brazil has purchased a total of 28 Millennium of which four have been delivered.
The model was then acquired by the Portuguese Air Force, which signed the purchase of five aircraft and a simulator, and by Hungary, which signed the contract for two units.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/litalia-comprera-dal-brasile-laereo-embraer-kc-390-millennium/ on Fri, 05 Nov 2021 07:12:38 +0000.