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Sweden buys four Embraer KC-390s

STOCKHOLM - Sweden is acquiring the KC-390. The NATO country joins a contract between the Netherlands and Austria with Embraer and orders four military transporters.

KC-390 for Sweden: Stockholm is realizing a procurement of the military transport announced in November 2024. The country is planning to order four aircraft and is joining an existing framework agreement with the buyer states of the Netherlands and Austria.

The KC-390 can load up to 26 tons of cargo and is also suitable for troop deployments.

https://www.aero.de/news-49579/Schweden-kauft-vier-Embraer-KC-390.html

www.aero.deSchweden kauft vier Embraer KC-390

3 Comments

PiHu@PiHu

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Huhu, I was just curious how much such a ✈️ costs.

I asked the meta ai which is newly available in my whstsapp:

The price for an Embraer KC-390 varies depending on the source and equipment. According to a source from 2016, the price is around 50 million US dollars. However, there are also more recent figures that speak of a price of between 130 and 150 million euros per aircraft. It is important to note that prices can vary depending on the order, equipment and other factors.

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Tenbagger2024@Tenbagger2024

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@PiHu
They already supply half of NATO. They may even be building a plant in Poland.

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NichtRelevant@NichtRelevant

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I think that's good news. It's a shame they didn't order more straight away.

The stupid thing is that the Europeans have little or none of the really big guns that can be used to deploy armored vehicles in the event of a crisis. Only the USA and the Russians (or Ukraine) have that. If the Europeans were smart, they would secure the know-how of Antonov from the Ukraine and set up a new assembly line for large transporters in Western Europe.

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