Manufacture Of First Prototype Is Moving Forward As Planned

Two years after the launch of the program, the first of the E-Jets E2 family, an E190-E2, is beginning to be assembled at the company's factory in Sao Jose dos Campos. Embraer has already received the first sub-assemblies from suppliers in several countries and the assembly of the first prototype is moving forward as planned.

"It is exciting to see the E2 taking shape with the large amount of sub-sets arriving to our Sao Jose dos Campos facility, where the final assembly will soon begin," says Luis Carlos Affonso, Senior Vice President & COO, Embraer Commercial Aviation.

At Embraer's plant in the city of Evora, Portugal, the first sub-assemblies for the wings and central fuselage are ready. In Spain, Aernnova AEROSPACE S.A. is finishing the assembly of the vertical empennage – the company will also supply the horizontal empennage. In the Czech Republic, Latecoere finished the baggage doors and they have already been sent to Brazil to be installed in the aircraft.

In the United States, Triumph Aerostructures, which is also responsible for the rudder and elevator, is assembling section tree and the aft of the fuselage; these are the only large segments that will not be manufactured by Embraer.

In Brazil, at the Botucatu plant, Embraer has already produced a series of components for the wings, central fuselage one and two, besides the finish of the forward fuselage; this segment is in the final assembly stage in Sao Jose dos Campos. All of these structures will be highly automated in the manufacturing stages.

Eleb, an Embraer wholly owned subsidiary, with 35 years of experience in designing and manufacturing landing gear, was chosen to supply the landing gear of the second-generation E-Jets, and it is working to conclude the first sets.

Testing is also moving ahead at an accelerated pace. At the Eugenio de Melo plant, the different static test rigs are working and allowing Embraer to develop such systems as fly-by-wire, with laws and codes that are being developed by the company, itself, and the integrated functions with other aircraft structures.

The first delivery of an E-Jets E2 (the E190-E2) is planned for the first semester of 2018. The E195-E2 is scheduled to enter service in 2019 and the E175-E2 in 2020.

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