Embraer To Showcase A-29 Super Tucano At DefExpo 2016

Embraer will be showcasing its A-29 Super Tucano basic trainer at the forthcoming DefExpo in India next month.

“Embraer is already present in India and we will be getting the A 29 Super Tucano for the DefExpo next month,” Brazilian ambassador to India Tovar da Silva Nunes was quoted as saying by Financial Express news daily Wednesday.

“The Super Tucano is the only combat proven and fully operational light attack/advanced training aircraft in the global market. This makes it highly reliable and allows for an excellent cost-benefit ratio for a wide range of military missions, even operating from unpaved runways and in hostile environments,” Nunes said.

“It will be interesting if the Super Tucano light attack trainer is considered for at least evaluating. While the plane is not very expensive it can be used by the armed forces carrying out counter insurgency operations,” the news daily quoted an Indian Air Force Officer as saying.

The A-29 of the Embraer is a turboprop aircraft capable of carrying out a wide range of light air support (LAS) missions, even operating from unimproved runways. With more than 130 weapons configurations certified, it is equipped with advanced electronic, electro-optic, infrared and laser system technologies, as well as secure radio systems with data links and unrivalled munitions capacity.