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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Peru may buy 10 Embraer Super Tucanos

A-29 Super TucanoPeru is considering buying ten Super Tucano light attack aircraft from Brazil's Embraer as it works with Brazil to bolster surveillance along their jungle border, Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim said on Tuesday.

Amorim said the Peruvian military is also interested in Embraer's KC-390 military transport plane and the armoured land vehicle Guarani, a Brazilian army project that is expected to start production this year.

"This (purchase of Super Tucanos) has been the subject of conversations for some time... In that context we are working on the possibility of 10 planes," Amorim told reporters in Brasilia.

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