The Czech Ministry of Defense (MoD) has signed a contract for the acquisition of two Embraer C-390 Millennium multi-mission transport airplane.
These two NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) common airplane will modernise and strengthen the operational capabilities of the Czech Air Power. They’ll be ready to fabricate a extensive series of missions, equivalent to tactical transport of troops, vehicles, and tools, medical evacuation, firefighting, disaster administration, humanitarian red meat up, and air-to-air refueling.
This contract no longer handiest strengthens the Czech Air Power nonetheless also positively impacts the local aerospace trade, which is ready to peek a significant develop in its portion of manufacturing for the programme.
“Past and novel history clearly reveals us that the armed forces wants to be ready to switch other folks and heavier cargo over longer distances. Evacuations from Afghanistan and Sudan are sure evidence of this. I’m therefore more than pleased that now we possess managed to gain airplane for our Air Power that are in a position to performing these tasks,” acknowledged Defence Minister Jana Černochová.
“This account for from the Czech Republic, a NATO member, is an precious label of confidence for Embraer. It encourages us to put into effect the best skills to produce our potentialities with the operational capabilities wished to complete the most traumatic missions. With this account for, Embraer will give a rob to its ties with the local Czech aerospace trade, recognised for its skills and product quality for decades,” acknowledged Bosco Da Costa Junior, President & CEO of Embraer Defense & Security.
In addition to to the airplane, Embraer will present a complete training and red meat up package for the Czech Air Power to make sure the refined integration of the airplane into their mercurial.
With a most payload of 26 tonnes, a top bustle of 470 knots, and cutting-edge work skills, the C-390 is the main airplane in its class. Its worthy engines, substantial cargo receive with a rear ramp, and tough touchdown gear permit it to tackle the most traumatic missions, along side operations from unpaved runways.
The novel mercurial of C-390 airplane in provider world wide has accumulated extra than 15,000 flight hours, with a mission capability fee of 93 percent and mission completion rates exceeding ninety nine percent, demonstrating distinctive reliability in its class. Along with Czech Republic, the C-390 has been chosen by the Netherlands, Hungary and Portugal, three NATO members, as successfully as Austria, Brazil, and South Korea.
