Novaer is a manufacturer of

military A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct ...

aircraft and

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based in

São José dos Campos São José dos Campos (, meaning Saint Joseph of the Fields) is a major city and the seat of the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the same name in the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. One of the leading industrial and res ...

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

History

The company was founded in 1999 by the aerospace engineer Luiz Paulo Junqueira. The company develops and manufactures military and civil aircraft and is also one of the biggest exporters of

systems for Embraer Tucano aircraft. In 2013 they start plans to production of the Novaer T-Xc in one single aircraft design type with two versions, both based on the proof of concept aircraft, the Novaer K-51, from designer Joseph Kovács. One version is a new military trainer for the primary and basic roles, designed with the Brazilian and other Air Forces in mind, and the other one is aimed to the General Aviation Market. T-Xc, low-wing, single-engine has been evaluated by

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to replace the Neiva Universal trainer aircraft.

Products

Calidus B-250

Calidus B-250 is a light attack / trainer aircraft developed by Calidus in collaboration with Novaer,

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and

Pratt & Whitney Canada Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC or P&WC) is a Canada-based aircraft engine manufacturer. PWC's headquarters are in Longueuil, Quebec, just outside Montreal. It is a division of the larger US-based Pratt & Whitney (P&W), itself a business unit of ...

. The B-250 was designed in Brazil by Novaer. The chief designer for the project was Joseph Kovács. It is specifically designed to serve the light combat and training requirements of air forces across the globe. The military trainer can support counterinsurgency (COIN) attack missions, reconnaissance, and search-and-rescue (SAR) operations. It can further simulate close air support (CAS), and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) mission environments during combat training activities.

Aircraft

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