Overview

• Embraer announced on September 4 that Panama signed a contract for four A-29s to serve as a surveillance and protection platform operated by the National Air and Naval Service.
• Company-released imagery shows the aircraft in an unarmed configuration carrying an electro-optical/infrared sensor turret for ISR missions.
• With the contract, Panama becomes the eighth Latin American nation to select the Super Tucano, joining Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic.
• Embraer says the acquisition supports Panama’s national security program by expanding operational capacity, according to statements from Embraer Defense & Security CEO Bosco da Costa Junior.
• No delivery timetable or final contract value was disclosed; Panama previously indicated a $78.2 million plan for four aircraft in a January announcement.