Embraer to select industrial partners for KC-390 by mid-2011

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2010/02/03/337973/singapore-2010-embraer-to-select-industrial-partners-for-kc-390-by.html

 

Embraer aims to select industrial partners by mid-next year for the Embraer KC-390 medium-lift military transport.

 

This is because the joint-definition stage is mid-next year, says Embraer executive VP defense market Orlando Neto, adding that Embraer is now in the preliminary definition phase.

 

 

 

 

 

KC-390:

http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/kc-390/

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Embraer-Launches-KC-390-Tactical-Air-Transport-Program-05380/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embraer_KC-390

Specifications (KC-390)

 

 

General characteristics

 

• Crew: 2
• Payload: 19.0 tons (41,888 lb)
• Length: 33.43 m (109.8 ft)
• Wingspan: 33.94 m (111.4 ft)
• Height: 11.43 m (37.6 ft)
• Loaded weight: 65.0 tons (143,300 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 72.0 tons (158,733 lb)
• Powerplant: 2× turbofans, 75–100 kN () each
• Maximum speed: Mach 0.8 (300 KCAS)
• Ferry range: 3,350 nm (6,204 km)
• Service ceiling: 36,000 ft (10,973 m)