{"id":1075,"date":"2015-05-27T01:59:50","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T01:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theme-sphere.com\/smart-mag\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2015-06-15T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T03:34:12","slug":"embraer-delivers-first-modernized-af-1b-to-the-marinha-do-brasil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/2015\/05\/27\/embraer-delivers-first-modernized-af-1b-to-the-marinha-do-brasil\/","title":{"rendered":"Embraer delivers first modernized AF-1B to the Marinha do Brasil"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The President of Embraer Defense & Security, Jackson Schneider, delivers a model of the first modernized AF-1B to Brazilian Navy Commander, Admiral-of-Fleet Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira. \u00a9 Embraer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Embraer Defense & Security held the delivery ceremony, today, of the first modernized AF-1 (AF-1B) Skyhawk II fighter jet to the Brazilian Navy at its industrial plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto, in outstate S\u00e3o Paulo. The ceremony was attended by the Navy Commander, Fleet Admiral Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, and officers of the High Command of the Brazilian Navy. The AF-1 program (the name given by the Navy to the McDonnell Douglas A-4 Skyhawk) provides for the revitalization and modernization of twelve subsonic jets \u2013 nine AF-1 single-seaters and three AF-1A two-seaters.<\/p>\n

The AF-1 is an intercept and attack airplane operating from an aircraft carrier to provide air defense for the fleet. These modernized Navy jets received new navigation, weapons, power, tactical communications and sensor systems, plus computers and multimode state-of-the art radar. This equipment, along with the structural work that was performed, will make it possible for these jet fighters to continue operating until 2025. Embraer\u2019s modernization program also includes supplying briefing and debriefing stations that are already being used for the training and proficiency of pilots of the VF-1 Falc\u00e3o Squadron, in order to improve their use, to reduce costs, and to bring greater effectiveness to mission planning and execution.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the Brazilian Navy, the modernization of the AF-1 aircraft at Embraer is another important step in capacitating base of Brazil\u2019s defense industry, and the results achieved will allow Naval Aviation to operate an aircraft with state-of-the-art sensors and equipment, representing a large forward leap in the Navy\u2019s capacity,\u201d said Fleet Admiral Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, Navy Commander.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the first contract for systems integration that we have signed with the Brazilian Navy and, therefore, is a landmark in our relations,\u201d said Jackson Schneider, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security. \u201cThe modernization of the AF-1 was a significant technological challenge, since it is a platform that we did not develop. Nevertheless, with the support and competence of the staff of the Brazilian Navy, we were able to deliver a solution that fully meets the operational needs of our client in demonstration of our commitment to the Navy\u2019s projects.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Embraer Defense & Security held the delivery ceremony, today, of the first modernized AF-1 (AF-1B) Skyhawk II fighter jet to the Brazilian Navy at its industrial plant in Gavi\u00e3o Peixoto, in outstate S\u00e3o Paulo. The ceremony was attended by the Navy Commander, Fleet Admiral Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira, and officers of the High Command of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-defense","tag-embraer","tag-brazilian","tag-navy","tag-a-4","tag-skyhawk","tag-af-1","tag-falcao","tag-squadron"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2157,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions\/2157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latinaero.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}