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 By Scott Hamilton

 Nov. 17, 2025, © Leeham News: Sales of Embraer’s E195-E2 have taken off this year after a long period of stagnation.

It also appears that its slow-selling military KC-390 tanker-transport is gaining traction as well.

Embraer’s order book for the C-390 is approaching 50, with several NATO countries recently ordering the aircraft. the C-390. Non-NATO orders are also customers. Embraer is pitching several countries for large orders, according to a May analyst report from JP Morgan. Embraer is also pitching the US Air Force for between 20-30 C-390s, LNA is told. If the Pentagon places an order, Embraer pledges to build a US final assembly line.

Orders and possibilities for Embraer's C-390. Credit: JP Morgan report, May 2025.

Embraer calls the 390 “a meetable combination and ready for the next 50 years,” Marcio Eduardo Monteiro, Embraer’s vice president of Market Intelligence and chief marketing officer, said during the company’s annual investors day in October.