It was Boeing that withdrew in 2020 from the joint venture with Embraer, but that doesn’t mean that the US airframer is no longer interested in the know-how of the Brazilian aerospace industry. On the contrary. Right in the front garden of Embraer in Sao Jose dos Campos, Boeing opened a new Engineering & Technology Center on Tuesday.
Boeing says the new center is an expansion of the existing Advanced Research & Technology Center that was opened in 2014 and which already employs some 500 engineers. The new one is the fifteenth E&T site around the world and will develop advanced technology for various aerospace applications in civil, defense, and space.
Active as a journalist since 1987, with a background in newspapers, magazines, and a regional news station, Richard has been covering commercial aviation on a freelance basis since late 2016.
Richard is contributing to AirInsight since December 2018. He also writes for Airliner World, Aviation News, Piloot & Vliegtuig, and Luchtvaartnieuws Magazine. Twitter: @rschuur_aero.
