Embraer has added to its operator base for the Super Tucano, with a new undisclosed customer in Africa. (Janes/Gareth Jennings)
Embraer has sold its A-29 (EMB-314) Super Tucano light attack aircraft to an undisclosed African country, it announced on 31 December.
The Brazilian manufacturer said four of its turboprop aircraft had been sold to a new customer in Africa, joining the five countries on the continent already flying the type.
“These aircraft will perform a wide spectrum of missions such as border surveillance; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); close air support; counter-insurgency; and advanced flight training,” Embraer said of the sale.
As well as not disclosing the customer, the announcement provided no contract value or delivery timeline.
The Super Tucano is the leading light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft by global sales, and is to a large extent the yardstick by which all others in the class are judged.
This tandem twin-seat aircraft is equipped with electro-optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensors, a laser designator, and secure radio and datalink communications. The weapons suite includes conventional and laser-guided bombs, air-to-air missiles, two 12.7 mm (.50 calibre) machine guns mounted in the wings, and what the Brazilian manufacturer terms ‘other' options.
Having entered service with the Brazilian Air Force in December 2003, the Super Tucano has been sold to Afghanistan, Angola, Blackwater Aviation, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Honduras, Indonesia, Lebanon, Mauritania, Nigeria, Paraguay, the Philippines, Portugal, Senegal, and Uruguay.
For more information on the Super Tucano, please seeEmbraer EMB-314 Super Tucano.
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