Embraer To Modernize Five Brazilian Surveillance Aircraft

The Brazilian Air Force and Embraer have signed a $215 million contract to modernize five EMB 145 AEW&C, also called the E-99. Comprising six mission planning and analysis stations that will provide crew training and improvement, the contract provides electronic warfare systems updation, command and control systems by Atech, electronic countermeasures and air surveillance radar.

The FAB’s E-99 is built on the ERJ 145 regional jet’s successful platform. It can detect, track and identify targets transmitting information to allied forces.

It can also perform airspace management, fighter positioning and interception control, intelligence and surveillance missions signal and will provide security for Brazilian sporting events to take place in coming years.

Luiz Carlos Aguiar, President, Embraer Defense and Security, said, “The upgrade allows FAB a continuous excellence in operating national air defense systems. The E-99 has a strategic role in airspace control and Brazilian border surveillance”.  

Brigadier Carlos Baptista de Almeida Junior, President of Copac for FAB, said, “The AEW&C aircraft has been a great value add for the FAB in recent decades, and an asset in mission accomplishment, and updating and expanding their operational capacity will greatly enhance their contribution”.