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Embraer Tests KC-390 Millennium Aircraft’s Extraction, Gravity Airdrop Features

Embraer Tests KC-390 Millennium Aircraft's Extraction, Gravity Airdrop Features - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Embraer Tests KC-390 Millennium Aircraft's Extraction, Gravity Airdrop Features - top government contractors - best government contracting event

Embraer has completed an airdrop testing campaign for its KC-390 Millennium multimission medium airlifter.

The company said Thursday it worked with Brazil’s air force and army to carry out a series of tests at the U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground facilities in Arizona.

During the campaign, the aircraft performed an airdrop of a single 42K-pound platform, sequential aerial delivery of two platforms weighing 24 metric tons combined, airdrop by extraction in autopilot mode using two extraction parachutes and delivery by gravity of up to 24 containers in a single pass.

The pilots also tested the capability of the aircraft’s Continuously Computed Drop Point system to perform extraction and gravity airdrop. CCDP helps pilots calculate the optimum airdrop release point. The aircraft also features a Cargo Handling and Aerial Delivery System.

Boeing and Embraer announced in November a new joint venture to develop new market opportunities for the aircraft.

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Written by Jane Edwards

is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.

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