Embraer is moving forward with assembling A-29 Super Tucano light attack airplanes in Jacksonville, Florida, after signing a 10-year lease for a production hangar.
The U.S. Air Force rejected Beechcraft's latest protest of the contract award, reportedly after consulting with the White House, and directed Embraer to proceed.
Beechcraft has strongly criticized the Air Force's decision, arguing it's an "override procedure" that outsources American defense jobs and lacks transparency regarding the $427.5 million contract for 20 Super Tucanos.
Embraer announced that it has signed a 10-year lease on a 40,000-square-foot hangar in Jacksonville, where the A-29 Super Tucanos for the U.S. Air Force Light Air Support program will be assembled.
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