Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano
light ground attack and training aircraft
The Embraer EMB 314 Super Tucano (lit. 'Super Toucan'), also named ALX or A-29, is a Brazilian turboprop light attack and counter-insurgency aircraft designed and built by Embraer as a development of the Embraer EMB 312 Tucano. The A-29 Super Tucano carries a wide variety of weapons, including precision-guided munitions, and was designed to be a low-cost system operated in low-threat environments.
In addition to production in Brazil, Embraer assembles A-29 Super Tucanos in Jacksonville, Florida, in partnership with Sierra Nevada Corporation, for American and Foreign Military Sales customers. In Portugal, Embraer and the Portuguese State have signed a letter of intent for the potential establishment of an A-29N final assembly line; the first Portuguese A-29Ns were delivered at OGMA's facilities.
Design and development
During the mid-1980s, Embraer was working on the Short Tucano alongside a new version designated the EMB-312G1, carrying the same Garrett engine. The EMB-312G1 prototype flew for the first time in July 1986. However, the project was dropped because the Brazilian Air Force was not interested in it. Nonetheless, the lessons from recent combat use of the aircraft in Peru and Venezuela led Embraer to keep up the studies. Besides a trainer, it researched a helicopter attack version designated "helicopter killer" or EMB-312H.
The study was connected to Embraer's unsuccessful bid, with Northrop, for the US military Joint Primary Aircraft Training System program. A proof-of-concept prototype flew for the first time in September 1991.
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