Super Tucano News

[FCarvalho]

Suponho que o pilone ventral é os dois subalares internos das asas tenham capacidade para até uns 500 kgs, ou talvez pouco mais em virtude dos tanques de combustível. E nem tem como não ser assim dado o tamanho e peso daqueles.

Mas desde que foi lançado, eu nunca vi foto ou imagem de um ST armado com algo maior que uma mk-82.

E eu já acho de bom tamanho para as missões as quais se propõe.

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[arcanjo]

05 September 2018
US extends Super Tucano procurement contract for Afghanistan

Gareth Jennings, London - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly


The DoD has extended and raised the level of the contract it has in place with SNC to deliver A-29 light attack aircraft to Afghanistan. Source: 438th Air Expeditionary Wing

The US Department of Defense (DoD) has extended the indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract it has in place with Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to deliver SNC-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano light attack turboprop aircraft to Afghanistan.

The DoD announced on 4 September that it is extending the ID/IQ contract by a further five years from August 2019 to the end of December 2024, and raising the ceiling from USD1.043 billion to USD1.808 billion. Work will be performed at Moody Air Force Base (AFB) in Georgia, as well as at Kabul, Kandahar, and Mazari Sharif air bases in Afghanistan.

With 26 Super Tucanos already contracted for the Afghan Air Force (AAF), 22 had been delivered as of May. Nine of these are being used by the United States Air Force’s (USAF’s) 81st Fighter Squadron at Moody AFB to train AAF pilots and maintainers, with the remainder flying combat missions in Afghanistan.

The Super Tucano has been active in Afghanistan from early 2016, since which time it has served as the AAF’s only fixed-wing combat aircraft. The Super Tucano’s range, speed, service ceiling, and availability (coupled with its ability to dispense precision-guided munitions), enables it to operate effectively throughout Afghanistan.

Powered by a single 1,600 SHP Pratt & Whitney PT6A-68/3 turboprop engine, the Super Tucano carries two 12.7 mm machine guns (200 rounds each) in the wings, and can be configured with additional underwing weaponry such as 20 mm cannon pods, additional 12.7 mm machine guns, rocket pods, precision-guided munitions, and/or ‘dumb’ bombs of up to 1,500 kg. It has a seven-hour endurance and can operate from semi-prepared air fields.

https://www.janes.com/article/82790/us- ... fghanistan

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arcanjo

[FCarvalho]

Uma encomenda natural e já esperada pois o atrito dos ST no Afeganistão é o maior de todos os usuários do modelo.
Ademais os afegãos já tinham demonstrado interesse em mais ST e solicitado junto ao governo americano a encomenda de outras unidades.
Bem, parece que deu certo.

Abs

[gusmano]

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)....

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[Túlio]

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC)....

rs

Sei lá, cupincha véio, me parece meio que tipo o McDonnell-Douglas AV-8 Sea Harrier, ou seja, se quer que os caras comprem, bueno...

[Cassio]

Burkina Faso utiliza el Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucano en ataque aéreo antiterrorista
9/28/2018 12:06:00 a. m. Burkina Faso, EMB 314, Embraer No comments

Embraer EMB-314 El avión de ataque ligero Super Tucano de la Fuerza Aérea de Burkina Faso (FABF) ha realizado sus primeros ataques aéreos. El Estado Mayor de las Fuerzas Armadas de Burkina Faso (EMGA) anunció que se llevaron a cabo ataques aéreos contra bases militantes cerca de Pama y Gayeri en el este del país. Formaban parte de una serie de operaciones antiterroristas que también involucraban barridos por parte de las fuerzas de tierra en estas dos áreas. Esta es la primera vez que la EMGA reconoce oficialmente el uso del poder aéreo ofensivo en operaciones militares. Tres Embraer EMB-314 Super Tucanos entregados al FABF en 2011, fueron utilizados en el ataque. (Source/Photo: BABF)

http://espejoaeronautico041992.blogspot ... b-314.html

[arcanjo]

Published October 30, 2018
Reserve maintainers take part in Air Force light attack experiment

By Tech. Sgt. Bob Jennings, 442d Fighter Wing Public Affairs


Senior Master Sgt. Scott Lopez, the maintenance superintendent for the 476th Maintenance Squadron at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., and Tech. Sgt. Lauren Camarena, an electrical and environmental systems craftsman with the 476 MXS, pose with an A-29 Super Tucano October 25, 2018, at Moody AFB. They took part in the Air Force's light attack experiment at Holloman AFB, N.M., to help determine what airframe would best suit the Air Force's needs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bob Jennings)


MOODY AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. (AFNS) --
It’s not every day a pair of Reserve Citizen Airman maintainers get to help shape the future of the Air Force, but events like the recent light attack experiment can provide the opportunity.

Senior Master Sgt. Scott Lopez, 476th Maintenance Squadron maintenance superintendent at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, and Tech. Sgt. Lauren Camarena, an electrical and environmental systems craftsman with the 476th MXS, travelled to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, for two months earlier this year to take part in phase two of the experiment.

The experiment tested the capabilities and maintainability of the AT-6 Wolverine and the A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to determine which plane would best fit the Air Force’s needs in a close-air-support role.

The AT-6 is a variant of the Beechcraft T-6 Texan training aircraft currently in use by the U.S. Air Force and Navy. The A-29 is in service in multiple countries around the world.

The planes flew multiple times a day, testing things like reliability, ease of maintenance and cost to operate while 26 Air Force maintainers watched and documented.

Lopez worked as the maintenance superintendent of the team observing the A-29. His active-duty counterpart, Senior Master Sgt. Ron Dedman from the 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, led the AT-6 observation team. Camarena served as an observer, watching directly as civilian teams worked on the Super Tucano.

“The focus on the maintenance piece was huge,” said Camarena. “It’s like the Air Force said ‘let’s look at this plane before we buy it.’”

The Airmen were not allowed to actually touch any of the maintenance during the experiment. More importantly, they were told not to express any opinions.

“We’re both very open and expressive people,” said Lopez. “So we really had to be careful. We really toed that line.”

Each member of the observation teams signed a non-disclosure agreement prohibiting the sharing of information between the AT-6 and the A-29 teams.

“My team did their thing, their team did their thing,” he said. “We were completely separated. And we just observed maintenance.”

During the experiment, Lopez led his total force team as they documented more than 170 training missions flown in the A-29, including working with three allied special operations forces to train more than a dozen foreign joint terminal attack controllers.

“This was a joint operation,” said Lopez. Pilots selected for the experiment included Airmen, Marines, and naval aviators. He also touted the combined operations with allied nations.

“It was an awesome opportunity,” he said.

The team gave the Secretary of the Air Force over 30,000 critical data points from their inspection data sheets. They compiled those sheets into weekly action reports to keep the SECAF apprised of the experiment’s progress.

Data collection, while the primary purpose of the experiment, was just the beginning.

The team also, in conjunction with the 49th Wing Weapons Standardization Section, certified Air Combat Command’s first munitions-load-qualified joint-service aircrew. They poured over more than 200 maintenance manuals and provided recommendations to build up the Air Force’s maintenance capability for the OA-X project.

At the end of the experiment, the team built manning plans for three different scenarios – operations at home station, deployed and at a forward operating base.

“It was three different scenarios, three different sets of numbers,” said Camarena, “and we all had to agree.”

They also used their observations and their expertise to create inspection criteria, technical data concepts and a structured concept of operations for the both the A-29 and the AT-6. They developed tactics, techniques and procedures that will be used to help shape the maintenance portion of the Air Force’s light attack capability.

The observation teams sat in on daily flying schedule meetings to prepare them for the potential maintenance ahead and working with the operations team to ensure they had the most access possible to the maintenance that was going on.

“The ops and maintenance relationship out there was second to none,” Lopez said. “It was really unmatched.”

Lopez said the collaboration helped expand his knowledge of scheduling practices and the command structure and language used in ACC, as opposed to Air Force Reserve Command.

He now incorporates that broader awareness into the Total Force Integration efforts between the 476th Fighter Group and the 23d Wing at Moody AFB. The 476th FG is a geographically separated unit of the 442d Fighter Wing at Whiteman AFB, Missouri.

“I think I brought back more of an understanding of close air support,” Camarena, a former C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft mechanic, said. “Coming off a heavy aircraft and you’re bringing people down to the fight – this one, you’re actually in the fight and seeing what they actually do every day and why they need to do what they do.”

The results of the light attack experiment haven’t yet been released, but Lopez expects a decision to be made in either December 2018 or January 2019. No matter which aircraft is ultimately chosen, the part these two Reserve Citizen Airmen played in the process will be felt for decades to come.

“It’s an honor to be a part of that,” Camarena said. “To kind of say ‘Hey, we helped pick this aircraft for the Air Force.’”

https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display ... xperiment/

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[arcanjo]

13 November 2018
USAF demonstrates AERONET international datalink for light attack aircraft

Gareth Jennings, Berlin - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly


The A-29 Super Tucano, seen during Light Attack Experiment trials performed earlier this year, is one of two turboprop platforms that the US Air Force is considering for a future acquisition for itself and partner nations. Source: US Air Force

The US Air Force (USAF) has demonstrated the AERONET international datalink system in the most recent phase of its light attack experiment (LAE) conducted earlier this year, an official said on 13 November.

Speaking under the Chatham House Rule, the official noted that the tactical datalink was demonstrated during the latter part of Phase 2 of the LAE effort that involved the Sierra Nevada Corporation-Embraer A-29 Super Tucano and Textron Aviation AT-6B Wolverine aircraft. This took place in May at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.

The USAF developed AERONET as a shareable tactical data network for light attack aircraft, as well as building partner communications capabilities. It is designed to be a 'platform agnostic', exportable, affordable and commercially secure tactical datalink that supports line-of-sight/beyond line-of-sight (LOS/BLOS) real-time information exchange between the airborne and ground units.

In service, it can support Forward Air Controller - Airborne (FAC-A); digitally-aided close air support (CAS); strike and armed reconnaissance; armed escort and overwatch; personnel recovery and combat search and rescue (CSAR); and domestic and border patrol capabilities.

Previously known as OA-X, the LAE is designed to find a cheaper and more effective way for the USAF and partner air arms to conduct close air support (CAS) in permissive environments. As the official explained, "The USAF has had to come face to face with the knowledge that sometimes we are flying fifth-generation aircraft against targets that are often just a single person, and that's not cost effective."

Phase 1 of the experiment took place in August 2017, and involved the A-29 Super Tucano, AT-6B Wolverine, Textron Scorpion, and L3 Technologies-Air Tractor AT-802L Longsword. Following this initial phase, the A-20 and AT-6B were designated as Tier 1 for meeting all of the USAF's requirements, while the Scorpion and Longsword were classed as being Tier 2 for meeting some of them.

https://www.janes.com/article/84549/usa ... k-aircraft

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[Guilherme]

[Diupa]

Sierra Nevada recebe contrato para 12 novos A-29 Super Tucanos para Força Aérea da Nigéria

A Sierra Nevada Corp, em parceria com a Embraer, recebeu um contrato de cerca de US$ 329 milhões para fabricar 12 novos aviões A-29 Super Tucano para a Força Aérea da Nigéria. O valor total do contrato aprovado é US$ 344.727.439, e inclui um Sistema de Visão Frontal Infravermelho (FLIR) para seis aeronaves. Esta peça é projetada para ser financiada logo após o prêmio do contrato principal.

A aeronave A-29 Super Tucano é uma aeronave turboélice de apoio aéreo leve destinada ao ataque e ao reconhecimento de territórios inimigos levemente protegidos.

Além das 12 aeronaves, este contrato prevê dispositivos de treinamento em solo, sistemas de missão, peças sobressalentes, equipamentos de apoio em terra, equipamentos de missões alternativos, suporte contratado dos EUA para contratação temporária, apoio logístico a empreiteiros e cinco representantes de serviço em campo, conforme disse hoje o Departamento de Defesa dos EUA.

O trabalho será realizado na unidade da Embraer em Jacksonville, na Flórida, e deve ser concluído em maio de 2024. Em novembro de 2013, a Nigéria demonstrou interesse em adquirir doze novos Super Tucanos. Três aeronaves já foram compradas do inventário da Força Aérea Brasileira em 2017.

Em abril de 2017, os Estados Unidos indicaram que estariam avançando com um acordo para vender até 12 da aeronave por até US$ 600 milhões, terminando atrasos causados por preocupações de direitos humanos. Em agosto de 2017, o Departamento de Estado dos EUA aprovou a venda das 12 aeronaves, suprimentos e armas associadas.

http://www.cavok.com.br/blog/sierra-nev ... a-nigeria/

[Diupa]

A-29 Super Tucanos do Chile em Foz do Iguaçu – PR

Ontem, 19.12, 4 aeronaves A-29 Super Tucano acompanhadas por um C-130 Hercules, todos nas cores da Força Aérea do Chile, fizeram uma escala no aeroporto internacional de Foz do Iguaçu – Cataratas.

O C-130 foi o primeiro a pousar, seguido alguns minutos depois pelos Super Tucano. A previsão era de que decolassem logo após o abastecimento, contudo o C-130 parecia estar com problemas no motor direito externo, sendo repetidamente inspecionado pelos mecanicos e a aeronave se deslocando 2 vezes até o ponto de cheque dos motores.

Até as 17h30 hora local nenhum deles havia decolado, e podem ainda estar por aqui ou decolaram na manhã de hoje.

O C-130 era tinha a matrícula 992 e os Super Tucanos numerados 465, 466, 467 e 468. Clique nas imagens para ampliar.

Os aviões fazem parte de um pedido adicional de seis Super Tucanos, que a Embraer anunciou pela primeira vez em outubro de 2017.

A Embraer entregou os dois primeiros aviões deste lote de A-29B Super Tucano à Força Aérea do Chile (FACh) em meados de março, segundo fontes militares em Santiago.

Fotos e mais em:

https://www.aereo.jor.br/2018/12/20/a-2 ... iguacu-pr/

[Cassio]

Essa notícia foi para aqueles que acham que só se produz o super tucano nos EUA.

[arcanjo]

22 hours ago
US Air Force’s light-attack experiment could mix in drones and helos

By: Jeff Martin

WASHINGTON —The U.S. Air Force’s light-attack experiment is set to get a lot bigger, with the service considering adding drones, helicopters and more sophisticated aircraft to the mix in the future, the service’s top general told Defense News.

“What is the right mix of fixed wing, rotary wing, manned and unmanned that can do the business of light attack?” Goldfein said in an exclusive Jan. 26 interview. “What is the right mix and how do we bring allies and partners in right now with us — not just periodically parachute in — but how do we expand this experiment to bring them into the tent with us?”

While the Air Force is still finalizing its strategy on light attack, Goldfein’s comments hint that a lack of interest by partner nations may have shaped the decision not to press ahead with a program of record late last year.

The Air Force was set to issue a request for proposals in December for a light-attack platform. The competition would been open to only the Embraer-Sierra Nevada Corp. A-29 Super Tucano and the Textron AT-6 Wolverine, two fixed-wing turboprops that the service said were best suited to meet the needs of the program.

But now, other aircraft could be joining them.

Goldfein said the Air Force chose not to release that RFP for two reasons: ongoing budget uncertainty and the desire to expand the parameters of what the service is seeking.

“For us to issue an RFP when we didn’t [know] what the budget was ... and setting an expectation that we’re ready to go into source selection when we’re still working our way through the strategy, in my mind, would have been irresponsible," Goldfein said. “I’ve talked to both of the CEOs involved, and we want to make sure we strengthen the partnership and build it as we go forward.”

Goldfein added that light attack was not something that was central to what the Air Force needed, saying that it would only be funded if the money is available in upcoming budgets.

Increasing interoperability has been a longtime goal of the light-attack experiments, but it appears to have taken on new importance as the experiment potentially moves forward.

Goldfein and other Air Force officials have spoken at length about the potential benefit of a common, off-the-shelf attack aircraft that could be purchased by countries that can’t afford the F-16, but still want to deepen ties with the U.S Air Force. Over the course of the effort, foreign delegations have been invited to observe flight demonstrations of the A-29, AT-6 and other previous contenders at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

However, not all nations could want a turboprop aircraft like the A-29 or AT-6.

“Some countries, it actually would be better to have an unmanned option. Some countries, [it] would be better to have a rotary-wing option," Goldfein said. “Some countries would do fixed wing, but [only with a] turbojet [engine]" instead of a turboprop.

https://www.defensenews.com/newsletters ... nrIUfXAXiE

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arcanjo

[Thor]

Alguns vídeos do nosso canal sobre o A-29. São básicos para o conhecimento de alguns aqui do Forum, mas é uma opção para ver um vídeo diferente.



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[Zelhos]

USAF libera relatório sobre acidente do A-29 no OA-X

https://www.defesaaereanaval.com.br/usa ... 29-no-oa-x