(Luft) Embraer (K)C-390 Millennium

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Erstflug der ungarischen Maschinen:

Hungarian KC-390 makes maiden flight

The first of two Embraer KC-390 Millennium tanker-transport aircraft for Hungary made its maiden flight on 8 February.

The Brazilian manufacturer announced the event the following day, saying the aircraft flew for approximately four hours, having departed from the company's Gavião Peixoto production facility where it was built. It will now enter a test and assessment phase, before delivery to the customer later in 2024. Hungary signed for the two KC-390s (designated C-390 in its baseline transport configuration) in November 2020. The aircraft for Hungary will be particularly configured for tactical transport operations, air-to-air refuelling of the service's Saab Gripen C/D fighters, and for the medical evacuation role (the Hungarian C-390s will be the first to include provisions for an intensive care unit).

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/defen...den-flight

Ferner - ebenfalls Meldung von Janes: Kooperation zwecks Platzierung des Vogels in Indien:

Embraer, Mahindra to collaborate on C-390 bid for IAF

Embraer Defense & Security and Mahindra Defence Systems have announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the C-390 Millennium bid for the Indian Air Force's (IAF's) Medium Transport Aircraft (MTA) procurement project.

As part of the MOU, which was signed in New Delhi on 9 February, Embraer and Mahindra will “jointly pursue the MTA programme”, according to Bosco da Costa Junior, president and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security. Under the MTA project, the IAF seeks to acquire a batch of 40, 60, or 80 transport aircraft. In its request for information (RFI), which was released in February 2023, the IAF said the aircraft are required to have a cargo-carrying capacity of between 18 and 30 tons. Embraer has previously told Janes that the C-390 can carry 26 tons of cargo, making the aircraft eligible.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/air-p...id-for-iaf

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