18.06.2005, 11:23
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Zitat:Brazil's Embraer Only Bidder For $234.5M Colombian Air Force Contract
AT-27 TucanoBrazilian aircraft maker Embraer has presented the only bid for a $234.5 million contract to sell 22 light combat aircraft to Colombia, the Colombian government said on June 15. The government will now study the bid for Tucano T-27 propeller-driven aircraft, the defense ministry said.
Interestingly, in November 2002 the Colombian Defense Ministry bowed out of a deal to buy 24 Tucano aircraft after word from the US Southern Command that the proposed $234 million purchase could jeopardize aid to Colombia.
The Tucano, known in Brazil as the T-27, is used in basic training, counterinsurgency/ low-level warfare tactical support and counter-narcotics missions. This basic trainer is a aircraft with tandem seats. The Tucano was sold to Brasilia, Egypt, Honduras, Iraq, Venezuala, Peru, Argentina, Paraguay and Iran. A modified version, developed together with Shorts, was sold to the British RAF. There is also a production line in Egypt. [...]