The A-29 Super Tucano will be proudly built in Jacksonville, Fla., with parts and services from more than 70 U.S. companies in 21 states.

This contract will immediately support the creation of at least 50 new jobs on the final assembly line in Jacksonville, and will help support at least 1,200 more jobs across America. Some 60 U.S. companies will supply components that will go into the Super T or services related to the LAS contract.

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), the contract lead, currently employs more than 2,100 people at 29 locations in 15 states.  Embraer North America has been in the United States for over 30 years, and employs 800 people in Florida; Arizona; Tennessee; Minnesota; and Connecticut.  The company recently opened a new executive jet production facility in Melbourne that is creating 200 new jobs.  The Jacksonville facility will augment this ongoing U.S. production.

Embraer is the world’s third-largest aircraft manufacturer and sources a majority of its component parts – across all business lines – from the United States.  More than 7,000 U.S. jobs are supported as a result of Embraer’s component purchases. 

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton noted in a March 2011 speech before the Center for Strategic and International Studies, when Embraer wins, the United States benefits:

"Take Embraer, the jet manufacturer and one of Brazil's biggest exporters. The United States accounts for about 65 percent of its sales, but about 70 percent of the parts that it puts into its planes are made in the United States. Now, these economic relations, therefore, are not zero-sum. Ultimately, they do benefit the people of every country involved."