Embraer and Finep to Develop Platforms for New
Aeronautical Technologies
(08/05/23)
Embraer and the Financiadora de Estudos e
Projetos (Finep), which promotes Brazil's economic and social
development through public funding for science, technology and
innovation, have signed an agreement for the development of
platforms to demonstrate new aeronautical technologies.
The innovation project, which uses resources from
non-reimbursable funding originating from the National
Development, Scientific and Technological Funding (FNDCT), is
valued at more than 180 million Brazilian Reais (approximately
251.4 million Chinese Yuan) and will
receive a contribution of R$ 120 million (approximately 168
million Chinese Yuan) from Finep over the next three years.
Complementary resources will come
in return from the proposing company, Embraer, as well as from
five co-executors: Alltec, Equatorial, Eleb, Motora and TecCer.
The contract provides for the development of ground test benches
(RIGs), software, and a remotely operated modular aircraft to
carry out tests in real flight conditions, aiming to raise the
Technology Readiness Level (TRL)
of these new technologies.
“The project with Embraer establishes a type of
arrangement between the executors that offers great potential for
innovation. It is a model to be followed in several areas to solve
technological orders led by anchor companies, and one that
involves partnerships with companies of various sizes and
Institutes of Science and Technology,” said the Director of
Innovation at Finep, Elias Ramos de Souza.
To compose the project, Institutes of Science and
Technology will be contracted, such as the Technological Institute
of Aeronautics (ITA), the Mauá Institute of Technology (IMT), the
Institute of Technological Research (IPT) and the School of
Engineering of São Carlos, which belongs to the University of São
Paulo (USP), further strengthening the relationship between
government, academia and industry – the triple helix that drives
the socioeconomic development of the country.
“We are very happy to continue our long-standing
partnership with Finep and to be able to contribute to the
advancement of technologies and the spillover of knowledge to
other sectors of the Brazilian economy, advancing the planet's
decarbonization agenda and generating socioeconomic benefits for
Brazil, through innovation, science and technology,” said Henrique
Langenegger, Embraer Chief Engineer.
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