Farnborough 2012: KC-390 continues on track
Following the recent development in Embraer's KC-390 programme that saw Boeing join with it to participate in 'technical discussions', the company is confident that the development is on time and on schedule and moving towards production.
Paulo Gastao Silva, VP of the KC-390 programme at Embraer Defence and Security told Shephard at the Farnborough International Airshow on 11 July that it is about to enter the third stage of the programme, which will see suppliers formalise their platforms, and finalise 'the definition of the interfaces.
'We consider that the most important stage,' Silva explained. 'In about one year we'll start
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