Embraer celebrates 10 años of the first flight of KC-390 Millennium, the grandfatherón of transport táMultimisi cticoónew generationón. Photo Embraer
The inaugural flight, that took place in GaviãThe Peixoto El 3 February 2015, duró 1 hour and 25 minutes and proportionó to the crewón an evaluationón of the charactersíflight sticas and impressive performance of KC-390 Millennium.
Since then, it's avión equipped with fly-by-wire has redefined theáDivisters out of transport aémilitary inmate, making a wide range of missions under conditions Más demanding, while achievingó a éNotable xito in global defense markets.
10 añyou of the first flight of the KC-390
in october 2018, the Millennium reachedó Two additional important milestones: The first flight of the first avión produced in series and receptionóN of the type certificate of the National Aviation Agencyón Civil (ANAC). This certificationón markó a hito críTico to achieve certificationón military and demonstrateó The technol levelóAdvanced aircraft gico.
“In just a Déeach, the KC-390 has proven to be a combinationóunbeatable versatility, robustness and flexibility, winning every time más space in the market and convertéIn the opción ideal for países looking for military transport táMultimisi cticoón. This aircraft combines the best of the technologyíAerospace with the ESPíEmbraer Ritu, dedicated to excellence and performance, allowing our clients to execute their missions at any time and anywhere”, says Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security.
Between August and September 2019, The signing of the contract with Portugal for the acquisitionón of five multimi aircraftóN KC-390 and the delivery of the first unit to theérea BrazilñTo marked other Capíimportant guys in the history of éXito of the KC-390 Millennium.
On 2020, One of the Aviacación magazinesón máS prestigious, Aviation Week, otorgó to KC-390 Millennium the Grand Laureate in the categoryíA Defense and Laureate Awards as “Best new product” in the categoryíA Defense. A few díundress themés, HungríA unió To the ranks of the PAíses selected the KC-390 Millennium to improve their defense capabilities with the AVIón of úlast generationóEmbraer no..
“The acquisitionóN of the KC-390 by Portugal and Hungía, Two outstanding NATO members, has allowed the KC-390 Millennium Dé Important steps in Europe, showing extraordinary flexibility, operational efficiency and low operating costs of this remarkable avión”, said Bosco da Costa Junior.
On 2022, the PaíLow ses announced their choiceón for millennium. On 2023, Austria, the RepublicúCzech blica and the repúKorea's blica alsoén selected the KC-390, what confirms the éxito of this revolutionary platform. On 2024, Sweden, Slovakia and a client not also revealedén have opted for the KC-390.
Since I enteredó In service in force toérea Brazilñto in 2019, in Force AéPortuguese area in 2023 and, más recently, in Force Aérea Húnare one 2024, The KC-390 has demonstrated its capacity, reliability and performance. The current fleet of 10 operational aircraft (seven in the Force Aérea Brazilña, two in force toéPortuguese area and one in force toérea HúNgara) has accumulated más de 16.300 flight hours, With a MISI capacity rateón of the 93% AND FINALIZATION RATESón too?ón greater than 99%, which demonstrates exceptional productivity in the categoryía.
KC-390 can transport Más load úto (26 tons) in comparisonón with other military transport aircraft from Tamañor medium and fly más ráI ask (470 knots) y más far, being able to make a wide range of missions, as transportation and load launch and troops, evacuatedón métip, búsearch and rescue, Replacement in flight as much as avión cistern as a receiver, extincióN Fire and Humanitarian Missions, operating on temporary or unpaved tracks, As a compact land, Earth and gravel.
