KC-390 sales take off with Portuguese contract
12 July, 2019 SOURCE: FlightGlobal.com BY: Craig Hoyle London
Portugal has become Embraer’s first confirmed export customer for the KC-390 tactical transport/tanker, having signed a contract to buy five of the type.
Announcing the development on 11 July, Embraer said Lisbon’s acquisition is intended to “modernise Portuguese air force capacities to support national armed forces operations and increase readiness in missions of public interest.”
Portugal’s defence ministry says the procurement also includes a simulator, plus personnel training and logistics support. It values the deal at €827 million ($932 million). A first delivery will be made to the NATO member nation in February 2023, with the remaining examples to follow at a rate of one per year until February 2027.
Brazilian air force
“The Portuguese KC-390 will meet new interoperability requirements,
in the areas of secure navigation, data and voice transmission, that
will allow the KC-390 to integrate joint operations in multinational alliances in which Portugal is integrated,” says Jackson Schneider, chief executive of Embraer Defense & Security. “These requirements, developed in partnership with the Portuguese air force, will enable the KC-390 to meet the needs of many other nations around the world,” he adds.
Embraer says the International
Aero Engines V2500-engined KC-390 will provide the Portuguese air force with “superior cargo and troop transport, aerial delivery and aerial refuelling capabilities”.
"It is an aircraft with two engines but with capabilities that only four-engined aircraft can achieve," says Portuguese defence minister Joao Gomes Cravinho.
Cirium’s Fleets Analyzer records
the service as currently operating four Lockheed Martin C-130H tactical transports, ranging between 27 and 41 years in age. It also employs 12 examples of Airbus Defence & Space’s C295 medium airlifter, including five twin-turboprops configured as maritime patrol aircraft.
Schneider notes that Embraer already supports “thousands of highly skilled jobs” in Portugal, with its Ogma subsidiary in Evora producing aerostructures for products including the KC-390.
Portugal’s commitment adds to the 28 aircraft already on order for launch customer the Brazilian air force. The service will take delivery of its first aircraft during the third quarter of this year, with Embraer having displayed its lead example at last month’s Paris air show.
http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=103&page=6Epá tanta prosápia com a potência dos motores dos 390 que não são mais que os motores dos primeiros 320, este modelo já existe há quase 30 anos !V2500-A1
First entered service with Adria Airways.
V2533-A5
A fourth booster stage was introduced into the engine basic configuration to increase core flow. This, together with a fan diameter and airflow increase, helped to increase the thrust to 33,000 lbf (147 kN) thrust, to meet the requirements of the larger Airbus A321-200.[7] The vast majority of V2500s are A5. The maintenance, repair, and operations market for V2500 is close to US$3 billion as of 2015.[8]
Derated versions
A number of derated, Stage 4 noise compliant engines have been produced from the -A5 configuration, including:
• The 23,500 lbf (105 kN) thrust V2524-A5 for the Airbus A319
• The 27,000 lbf (120 kN) thrust V2527-A5 for the Airbus A320
• The 25,000 lbf (110 kN) thrust V2525-D5 for the McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30. Engine Turbine and Accessory on the side instead of bottom to accommodate lateral mounting. Also has an option in the cockpit to add 3,000 pounds (13 kN) additional thrust for "hot and high" conditions
• The 33,000 lbf (150 kN) thrust V2533-A5 for the Airbus A321
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The 31,330 lbf (139.4 kN) thrust V2531-E5 for the Embraer KC-390V2500SelectOne
On October 10, 2005, IAE announced the launch of the V2500Select—later called V2500SelectOne—with a sale to IndiGo Airlines to power 100 A320 series aircraft. The V2500SelectOne is a combination performance improvement package and aftermarket agreement. In February 2009, Pratt & Whitney upgraded the first V2500-A5 to the SelectOne Retrofit standard; the engine was owned by US Airways and had been in use since 1998.
V2500SelectTwo
On March 15, 2011, IAE announced an upgrade option of V2500 SelectOne Engines to the SelectTwo Program.[9] It offers reduced fuel consumption due to a software-upgrade and Reduced Ground Idle (RGI),[10] and is available since 2014 for the V2500-A5 variants.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAE_V2500#V2500-A1Engines[edit]
Acft model Certification date Engines
A318-111 23 May 2003 CFM56-5B8/P
A318-112 23 May 2003 CFM56-5B9/P
A318-121 21 December 2005 PW6122A
A318-122 21 December 2005 PW6124A
A319-111 10 April 1996 CFM56-5B5 or 5B5/P
A319-112 10 April 1996 CFM56-5B6 or 5B6/P or 5B6/2P
A319-113 31 May 1996 CFM56-5A4 or 5A4/F
A319-114 31 May 1996 CFM56-5A5 or 5A5/F
A319-115 30 July 1999 CFM56-5B7 or 5B7/P
A319-131 18 December 1996 IAE Model V2522-A5
A319-132 18 December 1996 IAE Model V2524-A5
A319-133 30 July 1999 IAE Model V2527M-A5
A320-111 26 February 1988 CFM56-5A1 or 5A1/F
A320-211 8 November 1988 CFM56-5A1 or 5A1/F
A320-212 20 November 1990 CFM56-5A3
A320-214 10 March 1995 CFM56-5B4 or 5B4/P or 5B4/2P
A320-215 22 June 2006 CFM56-5B5
A320-216 14 June 2006 CFM56-5B6
A320-231 20 April 1989 IAE Model V2500-A1 A320-232 28 September 1993 IAE Model V2527-A5
A320-233 12 June 1996 IAE Model V2527E-A5
A321-111 27 May 1995 CFM56-5B1 or 5B1/P or 5B1/2P
A321-112 15 February 1995 CFM56-5B2 or 5B2/P
A321-131 17 December 1993 IAE Model V2530-A5
A321-211 20 March 1997 CFM56-5B3 or 5B3/P or 5B3/2P
A321-212 31 August 2001 CFM56-5B1 or 5B1/P or 5B1/2P
A321-213 31 August 2001 CFM56-5B2 or 5B2/P
A321-231 20 March 1997 IAE Model V2533-A5
A321-232 31 August 2001 IAE Model V2530-A5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A320_familyAbraços