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Uruguayan Air Power Supercharges Power with Embraer’s New A-29 Tremendous Tucano Fleet Enlargement
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Embraer introduced at present that the Uruguayan Air Power (FAU) and the Uruguayan Ministry of Nationwide Protection (MDN) have finalized an settlement to transform choices for 5 A-29 Tremendous Tucano plane into agency orders. This follows a dedication signed in August 2024, which included a agency order for one plane together with choices now exercised. The settlement encompasses mission gear, built-in logistics providers, and a flight simulator. The contract aligns with FAU’s fleet renewal program geared toward enhancing its operational capabilities.
“The relationship between Embraer and the Uruguayan Air Force has been growing and we are particularly pleased to announce this deal in the year in which we celebrate 50 years of Embraer’s first export contract, to Uruguay,” stated Bosco da Costa Junior, President and CEO of Embraer Protection & Safety. “We are ready to offer the best multimission aircraft to the FAU as well as our full support to increase their operational readiness and to enhance their capabilities to accomplish strategic missions such as border surveillance”.
“The acquisition of the A-29 Super Tucano and the flight simulator will provide Uruguay with airspace defense capabilities and is part of the commitment assumed by the government to renew the material and equipment of our Armed Forces to fulfill their assigned missions,” says Uruguayan Minister of Nationwide Protection, Armando Castaingdebat.
“This incorporation projects us technologically, and upon completion of the A-29 acquisition process, it allows us to face, together with Embraer, the new regional security paradigms,” stated Commander in Chief of the Uruguayan Air Power, Common Luis H. De León.
With Uruguay’s latest addition of the A-29 Tremendous Tucano to its fleet and Portugal’s acquisition of the primary A-29 in NATO configuration (A-29N), the plane now serves 20 operators globally, with over 290 orders to this point. The A-29 Tremendous Tucano continues to achieve traction amongst air forces worldwide, celebrated for its distinctive mix of capabilities that make it a extremely cost-effective, accessible, and versatile resolution.
For air forces looking for a confirmed and dependable platform with distinctive operational flexibility, the A-29 Tremendous Tucano delivers unparalleled efficiency throughout a wide selection of missions. These embody shut air help, air patrol, particular operations, air interdiction, Joint Terminal Assault Controller (JTAC) roles, ahead air controller (FAC), tactical coordination (TAC), Armed ISR, border surveillance, reconnaissance, air escort, and varied coaching packages reminiscent of primary, operational, superior coaching, and transition to air superiority fighters. Moreover, it helps JTAC/LIFT and FAC coaching, making it a complete alternative for contemporary air operations.
