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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Brazil's Embraer to sell attack planes to Guatemala

A-29 Super Tucano |Brazil's top planemaker Embraer said Tuesday it will supply Guatemala with six A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to help protect the Maya Biosphere Reserve.

The company will also sell Guatemala a command and control system and three primary three-dimensional radars, its defense and security unit said.

Together, these items make up a surveillance system aimed at helping authorities identify and fight deforestation, forest fires, illegal occupation and illegal extraction of natural resources in an area of more than 21,000 square kilometers (8108 square miles), Embraer said.

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