AIRCRAFT PROGRAM

Family of twin turbofan regional jets with civil, military, passenger and cargo variants.

The aluminium airframe features a stretched fuselage, 22 degree swept wing with integral fuels tanks, twin rear fuselage mounted Rolls-Royce AE3007 turbofans and a t-tail configuration. Fairings, sidewalls, leading edges and floors are manufactured from composite materials.

Two pilots face a Honeywell Primus 1000 avionics suite of 5 display screens.

Type variants

Variant	Launch/First flight	Production end
Embraer ERJ-145	1989 / 1995		Baseline variant, with two-spar wings and T-tailplane design.
Embraer EMB-145 AEW&C	1996 / 1999		Airborne early warning & control variant. Brazilian Air Force designantion: R-99 or E-99.
Embraer ERJ-135	1999 / 1999		Shorter fuselage variant.
Embraer ERJ-140	1999 / 1999		Mid-size variant.
Embraer EMB-145RS	1999 / 2001		Similar variant to EMB-145 AEW&C but with different mission system. Brazilian Air Force designation: R-99B.
Embraer ERJ-145XR	2000 / 2002		Extra long range variant.
Embraer Legacy 600	2000 / 2000	2020	Business jet derivative of ERJ-135.
Embraer Legacy 650	2009 / 2009	2020	Longer-range variant of the Legacy 600.

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