Embraer signs agreement and should sell C-390 planes to Sweden

Sweden has chosen the Embraer C-390 Millennium as the country’s new tactical transport aircraft, the Brazilian plane maker said on Saturday.

The deal marks the first purchase of the C-390 by a northern European country, Embraer said in a statement. Expanding its presence abroad with more sales of the C-390 is one of the main objectives of Embraer’s defense unit.

Sweden is the sixth European nation to choose the aircraft, along with Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal.

“This decision represents a new chapter in Brazil-Sweden relations,” said Embraer. In the past, Brazil purchased Gripen fighters from the Swedish company SAAB.

The Swedish government reported having signed a letter of intent with Brazil to expand cooperation in aviation.

“Now Brazil says it plans to extend the contract for the JAS 39 Gripen aircraft by 25%,” the government said in a statement late on Saturday.