Embraer and Anduril are studying how to turn the KC-390 transport plane into a long-range weapons carrier using palletised cruise missiles.
Brazil · Defense
Key Facts
—The partners. Brazil’s Embraer and U.S. defense firm Anduril signed an MoU on July 21, 2026.
—The weapon. The Barracuda-500M is a subsonic cruise missile with a range of over 500 nautical miles (~926 km).
—The concept. Palletised munitions are dropped from a cargo bay, turning a transport plane into a ‘missile truck.’
Embraer and Anduril signed an MOU on the Barracuda missile, though no timeline for a first test was available.
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