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It will include a laboratory for the development
and testing of materials and interior
components. Features include 3D Computer Aided
Design, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite
Element Modeling, 3D Virtual Reality Center,
prototype capabilities and sophisticated
laboratories and test equipment.
“As we celebrate the 35th anniversary of our
North American presence this month, we are once
again expanding our longstanding relationship
with the State of Florida
and the Brevard community with the opening of a
cutting-edge Engineering & Technology
Center,” said
Frederico Fleury Curado, Embraer President and
CEO. “With the highly qualified team of
engineers that will work in these offices and
laboratories, we will bring the most advanced
solutions to our customers.”
The Center is located on General Aviation Drive at the Melbourne International
Airport on 13 acres of land facing the
existing Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 final
assembly facility and the Embraer Executive Jets
Customer
Center, which were
opened in 2009 and 2011, respectively.
Some 70 engineers have already been hired and
have been operating in a temporary facility near
the airport since 2012. Employment is scheduled
to ramp up to a total of 200 by 2016.
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