Cobham wins contract worth up to $30m for KC-390
Courtesy of Embraer
Cobham’s AFFT will enable the aircraft’s core mission capabilities, including increased range for search and rescue operations and maximized fuel offload for air-to-air refueling. The Brazilian Air Force is the launch customer for the KC-390, which is scheduled to enter service in 2015. Embraer expects to secure significant additional orders for the KC-390 from export customers.
Selection by Embraer follows a comprehensive competitive process and reflects Cobham's unrivalled experience in the design, development and delivery of aircraft fuel tank systems. Cobham has delivered more than one million tanks of all kinds to customers around the world and will supply Embraer with a state-of-the-art tank system optimized for weight, while still providing for quick removal and re-installation.
Following the selection announcement, Iain Gibson, vice president of Cobham Mission Equipment said: "Cobham is delighted with its selection by Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force to supply the Auxiliary Fuselage Fuel Tank for the KC-390. This award consolidates our position on the aircraft, building on the earlier selection of our wing aerial refueling pods, nose radome and aerial refueling probe."
In 2011, Embraer awarded Cobham a contract in excess of US$60 million to develop and supply the KC-390 program with Wing Aerial Refuelling Pods. Cobham has also been selected to provide the aircraft with aerial refueling probes and to design and manufacture the aircraft’s nose radomes.
