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Air Force

Embraer Signs Lease For Super Tucano Assembly Facility In Florida

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013

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Embraer [ERJ] said Friday it signed a 10-year lease on a 40,000 square foot facility at Jacksonville International Airport, Fla., where it will produce its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft for the Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) program for Afghanistan. The facility will perform pre-equipping, mechanical assembly, structural assembly, systems installation and testing and flight testing of the A-29. Embraer is producing the A-29s for Sierra Nevada Defense Corp. (SNC), which in February was awarded a $427 million…

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