Embraer, the world's third largest aircraft manufacturer, announces it will build a "state of the art" manufacturing and sales facility at Melbourne International Airport in Florida.
The major components of the aircraft will be shipped in from Brazil, potentially through Port Canaveral, while other parts made in the United States will be transported to Melbourne via truck and train.
In Melbourne, the company will perform final assembly and prepare the aircraft for delivery. It will be the Brazilian-based company's first manufacturing facility in the U.S. The proposal would also allow Melbourne and Brevard County to continue to build its growing aviation niche, as the space shuttle program at NASA ends and creates a significant employment void.
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