KC-390 Engine Choice Proves Complicated
By Robert Wall
PARIS — The upheaval in the narrowbody commercial engine market currently playing out is having ripple effects in the military domain and complicating Embraer’s efforts to pick a powerplant for its KC-390 tanker/transport.
Embraer is looking for an engine in the 29,000-lb.-thrust class to power the 33.92 meter-long, 35.05 meter-wingspan military aircraft now in its early design phase. The ...
