First Delivery in Full FOC Configuration
Embraer delivered the sixth C-390 Millenium tactical airlifter to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB) on 16 June.
This is the first aircraft delivered in Full Operational Capability (FOC) configuration, meaning the aircraft meets all the requirements defined by the FAB and can carry out all missions for which it was designed. The other aircraft already delivered to the FAB will be updated to the same capabilities, which will be common to all export aircraft.
The First Troop Transport Group (1º GTT), based at Anápolis Air Force Base, will operate the sixth aircraft. All the aircraft ordered by the FAB are configured to conduct aerial refueling missions, with the designation KC-390 Millennium.
“It is special to deliver the first aircraft in the FOC configuration to [the] FAB,” said Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security. “Although [the] FAB has already deployed the aircraft in various different missions, inside Brazil and abroad, it will now be able to fully and definitively take advantage of the full capacity of the C-390, showing the world everything that this aircraft can deliver”.
Since entering operation with FAB in 2019, the C-390 has proven its capacity, reliability, and performance. The current fleet of five aircraft, all in the KC-390 aerial refueling version, has already accumulated over 8,900 flight hours, With an operational availability of around 80% and a mission completion rate above 99%, demonstrating exceptional productivity in the category. The C-390 Millennium has orders from Portugal and Hungary, and the Netherlands has also selected the type.
