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EC-725 - First delivery
The first EC-725 was delivered on Wednesday, the Special Transportation Group (ETG), at a ceremony in Brasilia Air Base.
Capable of carrying 10 passengers and three crew members, independent four hours and thirty minutes of flight and range of 630 nautical miles, the EC-725 is part of the contract from $ 5.2 billion to build 50 units for the fleet the Presidency (2 units) and the Armed Forces (48 units, 16 for each service).
The version delivered today to the presidency has civil and configuration will be designed to transport authorities. Since the military versions will be delivered to the military next year.
For these versions CS-725 is equipped with 32 ship sets provided by AEL Sistemas. Each ship is composed of four sets displays CMFD se 4 processors. The production of these sets ship in AEL Sistemas starts in September and is the deadline to November this year.
The defense minister, Celso Amorim, said in a speech the importance of the federal government to strengthen the defense industry. According to Amorim, the manufacturer is expected to increase the percentage of national component in the aircraft "if possible, beyond what was stated in the contract." Brasil is going through stage of encouraging industry. According to Plan (PPA) between 2012 and 2015 are planned investments of $ 69.5 billion, the amount of resources that arouses different segments of the country.
"Always continue monitoring not only the production process, but increasingly there is need for greater nationalization of production, perhaps even beyond the contractual limits," said Minister Amorim.
Also in the speech, the minister assured that there is "a very strong concern in Brasil, strong president of the Republic, that we need to boost domestic industry, in particular the national defense industry for what it represents for the country, directly or by what it represents as a possibility to leverage various industry sectors in the area of ​​cutting edge technology."
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The model EC-725 is a twin-engine medium category of 11 tons, equipped with rotor blades and five large fuel tank capacity, resulting in greater autonomy flight. It is designed to perform multiple missions such as SAR (Search and Rescue) combat, long distance tactical transport, aeromedical transport, logistical support and naval missions.
