OGMA and EMBRAER sign partnership agreement for KC-390

OGMA and EMBRAER Defense and Security signed a partnership agreement for the KC-390 aircraft development program. The contracted work package covers the industrialization, production and product support phases of the KC-390 central fuselage panels, elevators, fairings and landing-gear doors. Production of the first KC-390 prototype is to begin in 2013 and the aircraft’s maiden flight is scheduled for 2014.