Aero-News: Quote of the Day

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Aero-News Quote of the Day

"For Embraer, it is a privilege to continue meeting FAB's needs to keep this robust and modern aircraft updated. It plays a strategic role in Brazil's defense system and has already proven its operational effectiveness. As part of Embraer's growth strategy for the coming years, we have invested in diversifying our business portfolio of defense and security with innovative solutions to better meet the defense global market needs, which goes far beyond our jets."

Source: Jackson Schneider, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security, detailing Embraer's first modernized EMB 145 AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control), designated E-99, for the Brazilian Air Force (FAB). Four additional E-99 aircraft will be modernized as part of the contract.

FMI: www.embraer.com