Embraer has secured a contract with Colombia’s Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana for two KC-390 Millennium multi-mission aircraft, making the country the first Latin American customer outside Brazil for the type. The deal, signed in Bogotá, also includes mission equipment, integrated support services and an offset package, while the FAC plans to use the aircraft for airlift, disaster response, cargo and troop transport, airdrops and air-to-air refuelling.
The order expands the KC-390’s export base to 13 countries and adds a new operator in a region where medium transport and tanker capability remains a priority. Embraer linked the aircraft to Colombia’s broader military modernisation effort and highlighted full connectivity with the country’s recently acquired Gripen fighters.
No contract value or delivery schedule was disclosed in the material available. Colombia’s selection gives the KC-390 another foothold in Latin America and follows a series of export wins for the twin-jet transport in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.