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===Military transport=== On April 19, 2007, Embraer announced it was considering the production of a twin-jet military transport. Work began in May 2009 with funding from the Brazilian Air Force.<ref name= beeb>{{Citation |title=Portugal interested in Brazilian military cargo plane |publisher=BBC |newspaper=Monitoring European |date=February 1, 2010}}.</ref> [[Correios]], the Brazilian postal service, has shown interest in buying this aircraft.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.monitormercantil.com.br/imprimir_noticia.asp?id2=44595 |title=Costa confirma projeto dos Correios com cargueiro C-390 |newspaper=Monitor Mercantil |date=August 28, 2007 |access-date=October 15, 2007 |archive-date=December 14, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214092757/http://www.monitormercantil.com.br/imprimir_noticia.asp?id2=44595 |url-status=dead}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2007/09/04/216557/brazilian-postal-service-may-order-embraer-c-390-freighters.html |title=Brazilian postal service may order Embraer C-390 freighters |newspaper=Flight global |date=September 4, 2007 |access-date=October 15, 2007}}.</ref> Using much of the technology developed for the Embraer 190, the C-390 would carry up to 23 tons of cargo<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embraerdefensesystems.com/english/content/cargo/performance.asp |title=Defense Systems |publisher=Embraer |access-date=2013-03-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424125132/http://www.embraerdefensesystems.com/english/content/cargo/performance.asp |archive-date=2013-04-24}}</ref> and aims to replace [[Cold War]]-era cargo aircraft.<ref>{{Citation |url=http://www.embraer.com.br/institucional/download/2_025-Com-VPD-_C-390-I-07.pdf |title=Embraer has military transport aircraft under study |publisher=Embraer |access-date=2009-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090320192110/http://www.embraer.com.br/institucional/download/2_025-Com-VPD-_C-390-I-07.pdf |archive-date=2009-03-20 |url-status=dead}}.</ref> While firm orders for the yet-to-be-produced [[Embraer C-390 Millennium|KC-390]] transport had not yet been made in the fall of 2010,<ref name=beeb/> Argentina asked for six examples and several other South American nations also expressed interest.<ref name= samnat>{{Citation |title=Argentina to buy 6 military transport jets from Brazil's Embraer |publisher=EFE News Service |place=Madrid |date=October 30, 2010}}.</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Defense Watch |newspaper=Defense Daily |place=Potomac |date=September 7, 2010 |volume=247 |issue=47}}.</ref>
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