Embraer S.A. () is a Brazilian
multinational aerospace manufacturer
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that produces commercial, military, executive and agricultural
aircraft
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, and provides aeronautical services. It was founded in 1969 in
São José dos Campos
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,
São Paulo
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, where its headquarters are located. The company is the third largest producer of
civil aircraft
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, after
Boeing
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and
Airbus
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.
History
Seeking to develop a domestic aircraft industry, the Brazilian government under
Getúlio Vargas
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Estado Novo made several investments in the aerospace industry during the 1940s and 1950s.
However, it was not until 1969, following the rise to power of a
military junta
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in the
1964 Brazilian coup d'état
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, that Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica (Embraer) was created as a
government-owned corporation
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.
[.] Its first president,
Ozires Silva
Ozires Silva (born January 8, 1931) is the founder of Embraer and a famous Brazilian entrepreneur.
Ozires was born in Bauru–São Paulo state. He graduated on Escola de Aeronáutica do Campo dos Afonsos (Rio de Janeiro) as a military pilot. He ...
, was a government appointee, and the company initially only produced a
turboprop
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passenger aircraft, the
Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
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The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Ho ...
.
Early growth
The Brazilian government contributed to Embraer's early growth by providing production contracts.
[.] The company sold solely to the domestic market until 1975.
While military aircraft made up the majority of Embraer's products during the 1970s and early 1980s, including the
Embraer AT-26 Xavante
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and the
Embraer EMB 312 Tucano
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, it debuted a
regional airliner
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, the
Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
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The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series ...
, in 1985. Aimed at the export market, this plane was the first in a series of highly successful small and regional airliners.
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License-built Pipers
In 1974, the company started to produce Piper
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light airplanes under license.[.] Piper first put together knock-down kit
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s in their US factory for Embraer to assemble and market in Brazil and Latin America. By 1978, most of the parts and components were being sourced locally. Between 1974 and 2000, nearly 2,500 license-built Pipers were produced by Embraer.
Acquisition of Aerotec
Aerotec S/A Indústria Aeronáutica was a design and manufacturing company founded in São José dos Campos
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in 1962 under the auspices of the Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology
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. Beginning in the late 1960s, the firm manufactured a two-seat trainer for the Brazilian Air Force
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, the Aerotec Uirapuru. A small number were also built for the civilian market, and others were exported to other Latin American countries.
By 1980, Aerotec's main business was producing components for Embraer. However, around this time, the Brazilian Air Force
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became interested in an upgraded version of the Uirapuru. A prototype, designated Uirapuru II, was built; but, by the time it flew, the Air Force no longer required it. A small number were built for export. In 1987, the firm was sold to Embraer.
Privatization
Born from a Brazilian government plan and having been state-run, Embraer eventually started a privatisation process in 1992 alongside other state-run companies, such as Telebras and Vale
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. Privatisation was a key policy of the economically liberal
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PRN government of Fernando Collor
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, elected in the 1989 presidential election.
Embraer was sold to private investors on December 7, 1994,[ which helped it avoid a looming bankruptcy.] The Brazilian government retained interest through possession of golden share In business and finance, a golden share is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization and ...
s, which allow it veto power. Embraer continued to win government contracts throughout the 2000s and 2010s.
Initial public offerings
In 2000, Embraer made simultaneous initial public offering
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s on the NYSE
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and BM&F Bovespa
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stock exchanges. As of 2008 its NYSE-traded shares were American depositary receipt
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s representing 4 BM&F Bovespa shares and it was partially owned by the Bozano Group (11.10%), Previ (16.40%), Sistel (7.40%), Dassault Aviation
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(2.1%), EADS
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(2.1%), Thales
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(2.1%), Safran
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(1.1%), and the government of Brazil
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(0.3% and golden share In business and finance, a golden share is a nominal share which is able to outvote all other shares in certain specified circumstances, often held by a government organization, in a government company undergoing the process of privatization and ...
), the remainder being publicly traded.[
As of December 31, 2014 the shareholders with more than 5% of the company's capital were:
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, 12.29%
* Caixa de Previdência dos Funcionários do Banco do Brasil, 6.71%
* Baillie Gifford
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, 6.46%
* BNDESPAR, 5.31%.
Product line expansion: military, regional and executive
In the mid-1990s, the company pursued a product line focused on small commercial airplanes over the military aircraft that had previously made up the majority of its manufacturing. It soon expanded to the production of larger regional airliners in the 70–110 seat range, and smaller business jets
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.[
By May 2019, Embraer was considering developing a new family of turboprop ]regional airliner
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s in the 50–70 seat range, complementing the E-Jet E2
The Embraer E-Jet E2 family are medium-range jet airliners developed by Embraer, succeeding the original E-Jet. The program was launched at the Paris Air Show in 2013. The first variant, the E190-E2, took its first flight on 23 May 2016 and wa ...
, so as to free engineering resources. It would compete against older ATR ATR may refer to:
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and Dash 8
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designs for 1.5 to 2 h flights over .
In August 2021, Embraer released a new configuration with quieter aft-mounted engines for a 70-90 seat aircraft, with the E-Jet cross-section, aiming for a 2022 launch and a 2027/2028 service entry.
Executive jets
At the 2000 Farnborough Airshow
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, Embraer launched the Legacy 600
The Embraer Legacy 600 is a business jet derivative of the Embraer ERJ 145 family of commercial jet aircraft.
Design and development
The Legacy 600 (market designation adopted after 2005) is based on the ERJ-135 model. It was launched in 2000 ...
, a business jet
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variant of the Embraer Regional Jet
The Embraer ERJ family (for Embraer Regional Jet, model names EMB-135, EMB-140 and EMB-145) are regional jets designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace company Embraer. The family includes the ERJ135 (37 passengers), ERJ140 (44 passenger ...
. In 2002, a dedicated subsidiary, ''Embraer Executive Jets'', was created, as the Legacy was introduced into service. In 2005, the Phenom 100
The Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 is a light business jet designed and produced by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
The project was announced in November 2005. On 26 July 2007, the aircraft made its first flight. It was awarded a type ...
was first envisioned as an air taxi
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In 2001 air taxi operations were promoted in the United States by a NASA and aerospace industry study on the potential Small Aircraft Transportation System (SATS) an ...
similar to the Eclipse 500
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The prototype first ...
, competing with Cessna
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and Hawker Beechcraft
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. It was introduced in 2008 and is the basis of the larger Phenom 300
The Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 is a single-pilot-certified light business jet developed by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. It can carry up to 11 occupants.
Development
Embraer began designing the Phenom 300 after finding that pot ...
. The midsize Legacy 450 and Legacy 500 were jointly developed as clean sheet designs, while the Lineage 1000
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is a VIP version of the E190
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The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding E ...
. In 2016, Embraer delivered its 1,000th executive jet and had a market share of 17% by volume, though it lacked an ultra-long-range large cabin jet. In October 2018 Embraer announced two new business jets—the Praetor 500 in the midsize cabin category—and the Praetor 600 in the super midsize category.
Military transport
On April 19, 2007, Embraer announced it was considering the production of a twin-jet military transport. Work began in May 2009 with funding from the Brazilian Air Force
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.[.] Correios
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, the Brazilian postal service, has shown interest in buying this aircraft. Using much of the technology developed for the Embraer 190
The Embraer E-Jet family is a series of four-abreast narrow-body short- to medium-range twin-engine jet airliners designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer.
The E-Jet was designed as a complement to the preceding E ...
, the C-390 would carry up to 23 tons of cargo and aims to replace Cold War
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-era cargo aircraft.
While firm orders for the yet-to-be-produced KC-390
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Work on ...
transport had not yet been made in the fall of 2010,[ Argentina asked for six examples and several other South American nations also expressed interest.][.]
Government subsidy controversy
Brazil and Canada engaged in an international, adjudicated trade dispute over government subsidies to domestic plane-makers in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The World Trade Organization
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in the United Nations System, governments use the organization to establish, revise, and e ...
determined that both countries had provided illegal subsidies to what were supposed to be privately owned industries. Brazil ran an illegal subsidy program, Proex, benefiting its national aviation industry from at least 1999–2000, and Canada illegally subsidized its indigenous regional airliner industry, comprising Bombardier Aerospace
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.
Proposed Boeing-Embraer joint venture
On July 5, 2018, a joint venture
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with Boeing
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was announced that would see Boeing owning 80% of Embraer's commercial aviation division. This was seen as a reaction to Airbus
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' acquisition of a majority in the competing Bombardier CSeries
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The program was launched on 13 July 2 ...
on October 16, 2017. Under the 2018 plan, Embraer would retain its executive business jet
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and its defence business.
On May 23, 2019, Boeing announced that the resulting division would be known as Boeing BrasilCommercial, dropping the Embraer name, but had not yet decided whether the aircraft would be rebranded as Boeing models. On November 18, 2019, Boeing (49%) and Embraer (51%) announced a joint venture to promote and develop new markets for the C-390
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Millennium tactical transport aircraft, named Boeing Embraer – Defense, to operate after the regulatory approvals and closing conditions.
In April 2020, Boeing canceled its acquisition of Embraer's commercial operations after being heavily affected financially by the air crisis initiated by the COVID-19 pandemic
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and by the 737 MAX groundings.
In November 2020, Embraer announced that its loss for the third quarter of the year is $121 million due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the travel restrictions.
STOUT light military transport aircraft
In December 2019, Embraer and the Brazilian Air Force
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tackled the development of a light military transport aircraft
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.[
The Short Take Off Utility Transport (STOUT) would replace its 64 ]EMB-110 Bandeirante
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(average age of 38.3 years) and 19 EMB-120 Brasilia (average age of 26.5 years) with similar dimensions.
Production bases and facilities
The company's headquarters and main production base are in São José dos Campos
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, São Paulo
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, Brazil
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. It also has production bases in the State of São Paulo
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at Botucatu
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, Eugênio de Melo (a district of São José dos Campos) and Gavião Peixoto. The company has offices in Beijing
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, Singapore
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Non-Brazilian main facilities
* Production facilities for the Phenom 100EV and 300E, and Praetor 500 and 600 at Orlando Melbourne International Airport
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Subsidiaries
* EAMS – Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services Inc. (Nashville
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, TN, U.S.) – maintenance services site.
* OGMA
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– Indústria Aeronáutica de Portugal (Alverca do Ribatejo
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, Portugal) – aircraft component maintenance, repair and manufacturing, plus aircraft maintenance services.
* Embraer Aircraft Holding, Inc. – Its U.S. headquarters are in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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, in a facility founded in 1979. Its external relations office is in Washington, D.C.
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* Embraer Aero Seating Technologies – Inaugurated in September 2016 in the city of Titusville, Florida
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, Embraer Aero Seating Technologies produces aircraft seats.
* Mesa Unit (Located in Mesa, Arizona
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, U.S.) – Implemented in 2008, performs maintenance, repair and overhaul services on the Phenom and Legacy executive aircraft line.
* Windsor Locks Unit (Located in Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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, U.S.) – Implemented in 2008, as well as the Mesa Unit, also performs maintenance, repair and revision services in Embraer's executive line.
* Melbourne Unit (Located in Melbourne, Florida
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, U.S.) – Implemented in 2011, it is the first unit in the United States to carry out the final assembly of aircraft. It produces the line of executives Phenom 100
The Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 is a light business jet designed and produced by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
The project was announced in November 2005. On 26 July 2007, the aircraft made its first flight. It was awarded a type ...
and Phenom 300
The Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 is a single-pilot-certified light business jet developed by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. It can carry up to 11 occupants.
Development
Embraer began designing the Phenom 300 after finding that pot ...
. In November 2012 work began on an Engineering and Technology Center at the Melbourne facility.
* ECC Leasing – Embraer's in-house leasing division, based in Dublin, Ireland, managing and re-marketing the Embraer aircraft portfolio owned directly by the manufacturer.
* Eve - Embraer's SPAC partnership potentially merging with the Zanite Acquisition Corp.
Joint ventures
* Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation, Harbin Embraer (Harbin, China) – manufactures aircraft from the Embraer ERJ 145 family, ERJ family for the Aviation in China, Chinese market (canceled)
* Embraer's commercial airliner portfolio, as well as the KC-390
The Embraer C-390 Millennium is a medium-size, twin-engine, jet-powered military transport aircraft designed and produced by the Brazilian aerospace manufacturer Embraer. It is the heaviest aircraft the company has constructed to date.
Work on ...
, would be part of two separate joint ventures with Boeing
The Boeing Company () is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, telecommunications equipment, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product ...
. In the case of the civil aircraft line, Boeing would own 80% of the resulting firm. (canceled)
Aircraft models
Commercial
By December 2018, Embraer claimed to lead the sub 150 seat jetliner market with 100 operators of the Embraer ERJ family, ERJ and Embraer E-Jet family, E-Jet families.
Current
*Embraer E-Jet family
**Embraer 170 (66–78 passengers)
**Embraer 175 (76–88 passengers)
**Embraer 190 (96–114 passengers)
**Embraer 195 (100–124 passengers)
*Embraer E-Jet E2 family
**Embraer 175-E2 (80–90 passengers)
**Embraer 190-E2 (97–114 passengers)
**Embraer 195-E2 (120–146 passengers)
Former
*Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian general purpose 15–21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use.
The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Ho ...
(18 passengers)
*Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series ...
(30 passengers)
*Embraer ERJ family
**Embraer ERJ 135 (37 passengers)
**Embraer ERJ 140 (44 passengers)
**Embraer ERJ 145 (50 passengers)
*Embraer/FMA CBA 123 Vector (prototype)
File:SKL in flight cropped (105091729).jpg, Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante (English: ''pioneer'') is a Brazilian general purpose 15–21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft designed by Embraer for military and civil use.
The EMB 110 was designed by the French engineer Max Ho ...
File:Embraer EMB-120RT Brasilia.jpg, Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
The Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia is a twin-turboprop 30-passenger commuter airliner designed and manufactured by the Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer.
The EMB 120 began development during 1974. While initially conceived as a modular series ...
File:N693AE to BWI.jpg, Embraer ERJ family (ERJ 145)
File:N247JB KJFK (37103752403).jpg, Embraer E-Jet family (Embraer 190)
File:Widerøe, LN-WEA, Embraer E190-E2 @ HEL.jpg, Embraer E-Jet E2 family (Embraer 190-E2)
Military
Current
*Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (light attack)
*Embraer C-390 Millennium (medium transport)
*Embraer R-99 (Airborne early warning and control)
*Saab JAS 39 Gripen, JAS 39 Gripen E/F (multirole fighter)
Former
*Embraer EMB 111 Bandeirante (light transport)
*Embraer EMB 312 Tucano
The Embraer EMB 312 Tucano (English: ''Toucan'') is a low-wing, tandem-seat, single-turboprop, basic trainer with counter-insurgency capability that was developed in Brazil. The Brazilian Air Force sponsored the EMB-312 project at the end of ...
(trainer)
*AMX International AMX (attack jet)
*Embraer MFT-LF (trainer/light attack, prototype only)
*Embraer Xavante (localized variant of the Aermacchi MB-326)
File:A-29 Over Afghanistan.jpg, Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano
File:KC-390 - RIAT 2018 (41847171670).jpg, Embraer C-390 Millennium
File:R99 - RIAT 2007 (2370466415).jpg, Embraer R-99
File:Alenia-Aermacchi-Embraer AMX, Italy - Air Force JP7721735.jpg, AMX International AMX, AMX
Business jets
Current
*Embraer Phenom 100 (very light jet)
*Embraer Phenom 300 (light jet)
*Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600, Embraer Praetor 500 (mid-size jet)
*Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600, Embraer Praetor 600 (super mid-size jet)
Former
* Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600, Embraer Legacy 450 (mid-size jet)
*Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600, Embraer Legacy 500 (super mid-size jet)
* Embraer Legacy 600, Embraer Legacy 600/650 (large jet, developed from the ERJ family)
* Embraer Lineage 1000 (ultra-large jet, developed from the E-Jet family)
File:Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 AN1695056.jpg, Embraer Phenom 100
File:Embraer 505 Phenom 300, Aerojet JP7625910.jpg, Embraer Phenom 300
File:Farnborough Airshow 2018 (28551074427).jpg, Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600, Legacy 450/500/Praetor 500/600
File:N11187 (2767181410).jpg, Embraer Legacy 600
File:CN-SHS 20160119LHR (23912650143).jpg, Embraer Lineage 1000
Utility
Current
*Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema (cropduster)
Former
*Embraer EMB 121 Xingu (general utility)
File:Embraer 201A Ipanema.jpg, Embraer EMB 202 Ipanema
File:Xingu.jpg, Embraer EMB 121 Xingu
Piper
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People
* Piper (given name)
* Piper (surname)
Arts and entertainment Fictional characters Comics
* Piper (Morlock), in the Marvel Universe
* Piper (Mutate), in the Marvel Universe
Television
* Piper Chapman, lea ...
localizations
Current
*Embraer Seneca (based on Piper PA-34 Seneca, Piper PA-34)
*Embraer Corisco/Tupi (based on Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Piper PA-28 Archer II)
Former
*Embraer Carioca/Minuano/Sertanejo (based on Piper PA-32)
*Embraer Navajo (based on Piper PA-31 Navajo, Piper PA-31)
Commercial aircraft deliveries
The numbers include military versions of commercial aircraft.
Total delivered-backlog-options as of June 30, 2007: 862-53-131 145 Family, 256-399-719 170/190 Family
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