KC-390 Enters Home Stretch For Military Certification
Apr 19, 2019 Guy Norris | Aviation Week & Space Technology
KC-390 Poised for Prime Time

……“We will also do dry and wet with the KC-390 to a KC-130 and with the KC-390 as a receiver,” Monteiro adds. Helicopter refueling tests are also planned for this year, using aircraft No. 2 and a FAB Helibras H36 Caracal (Super Puma). Embraer has conducted low-speed testing with the wing-mounted hose-and-drogue units deployed. “We have demonstrated good flight stability at low speeds,” says Pinto.
Airbus hit challenges refueling helicopters with the A400M airlifter. “There are questions and concerns from the market about how the KC-390 can do it, but we will demonstrate how the aircraft’s flight-control system and flight surfaces give it that extra capability,” he says. “It is completely different aerodynamically to what people have been used to with legacy and current aircraft like the C-130,” Pinto notes.
Although the only firm order in hand is the Brazilian Air Force’s requirement for 28 aircraft, Embraer is edging closer to converting letters of intent from a string of smaller nations. These include Argentina, Chile, Colombia and New Zealand, the latter having publicly discussed acquiring five KC-390s to replace its C-130s. Interest has been shown by the Czech Republic and Portugal as well as
SkyTech, an Australian/Portuguese joint venture that plans to take up to six KC-390s to operate with air forces under leasing arrangements.
http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=103&page=5Ora, querem lá ver, que ainda vamos ter os 390 em leasing pela Skytech, a mesma das aeronaves de treino os tais L-39NG
http://www.l-39ng.cz/media/video/l-39ng/Abraços