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LISBON (Reuters) – Brazil’s Defence Minister Jose Mucio said on Friday his country’s planemaker Embraer SA would manufacture aircraft that meet NATO’s requirements in a partnership with Portuguese aerospace company OGMA. <\/p>\n

Embraer, which holds 65% of OGMA’s capital, makes several types of planes, including a light attack aircraft called “Super Tucano”.<\/p>\n

The company launched last week the A-29 Super Tucano with a NATO configuration, initially focussing on meeting the needs of European nations.<\/p>\n

But Mucio previously said that manufacturing the aircraft – not just the Super Tucano but others too – in Brazil to sell them in Europe did not always meet all of the NATO requirements. <\/p>\n

Mucio said certifying the company’s aircraft by NATO could open doors in the European market and others and that production in Portugal was “important because it already meets NATO’s pre-requisites”. <\/p>\n

“We are going to manufacture Brazilian aircraft with NATO characteristics,” said Mucio, who is in Portugal with other ministers as part of a five-day state visit by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.<\/p>\n

The Brazilian delegation is scheduled to visit OGMA’s headquarters near Lisbon on Monday. <\/p>\n

Embraer also manufacturers the KC-390 military cargo aircraft and it aims for more international deals to sell it.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the Portuguese government said it would buy five of Embraer’s KC-390 military transport aircraft and a flight simulator for 827 million euros. Countries such as Sweden and Colombia have recently expressed interest in buying it, too.<\/p>\n

Two sources familiar with the matter said on last week that Austria was looking to advance in talks with Embraer on purchasing four or five KC-390 military cargo aircraft. <\/p>\n

Mucio said Embraer wanted to export the KC-390 to more European countries.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 “President (Lula) wants to encourage the Brazilian defence industry and increase investment in the defence industry,” Mucio said.<\/p>\n

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(Reporting by Catarina Demony; Editing by William Mallard)<\/p>\n

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