From the Newsroom*
São Paulo – The Dubai Air Show, which began on Sunday (20), in the United Arab Emirates, has the participation of Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer. The company is exhibiting its EMB 145 Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft for the first time. The show promotes advances in the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR).
The EMB 145 AEW&C, which belongs to the Brazilian Air Force (FAB), flew 7,500 nautical miles (13,890 kilometres) from its base in the city of Anápolis, in the midwestern Brazilian state of Goiás, for around 18 hours and landed in Dubai. According to the executive vice president for the Embraer Defence and Government Market, Romualdo Monteiro de Barros, the FAB opinion about the ISR aircrafts is excellent regarding to mission efficiency, operation facility and maintenance.
There are currently five EMB 145 Remote Sensing aircraft in operation in the System for the Vigilance of the Amazon (Sivam). The aircraft were commissioned in July 2002.
*Translated by Mark Ament
