The A-29 Super Tucano meets all the requirements of the LAS mission and then some.

It provides the highly advanced avionics and communications that pilots need.  It makes no compromises when it comes to crew survivability, aircraft controllability or combat effectiveness. 

• Advanced avionics
• Exceptionally accurate non-precision and precision weapons employment
• All-glass, 4th-generation cockpit
• Certified to withstand bird strikes
• Cockpit design & technology similar to fourth-generation fighters
• Fully NVG compatible
• HOTAS: Hands On Throttle And Stick
• Main equipment redundancy
• Precise Navigation System, with integrated auto-pilot, INS/GPS and radio navigation
• V/UHF radios with crypto and Datalink
• ROVER- and Link 16-capable
  • Have integrated seven different datalinks
• Digital Video Recorder for fast and precise debriefing
• Long, wide wheelbase to enable routine rough and austere field operation
• Sensor ball placed to eliminate wing masking

Embraer has a distinguished military track record, having supplied more than 1,300 aircraft to 31 nations worldwide.  The Super Tucano was the plane tested and requested by the U.S. Navy for Operation Imminent Fury.