Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Chad Trautvetter

Embraer officially opened a 75,000-sq-ft Engineering &amp; Technology Center yesterday at its growing campus in Melbourne, Fla. The facility will conduct engineering and development activities for both products and technology across Embraer’s business lines–airliners, executive aviation, defense and aerospace–with the first assignments focused primarily on executive jet interiors. It is the first of its kind for Embraer outside Brazil, where the company is headquartered.


The new center will house a laboratory for the development and testing of materials and interior components. This will include 3-D computer-aided design, computational fluid dynamics, finite element modeling, 3-D virtual reality center, prototype capabilities and “sophisticated” laboratories and test equipment. 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. “With the highly qualified team of engineers who will work in these offices and laboratories, we will bring the most advanced solutions to our customers,” said Embraer president and CEO Frederico Curado.


The new center is across the street from Embraer’s Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 final assembly facility and the Embraer Executive Jets Customer Center, which were opened at Melbourne in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Embraer plans to break ground on a Legacy 450/500 facility at the Florida location in the coming weeks.

Embraer Opens Engineering/Tech Center in Florida

The facility will conduct engineering and development activities for both product and technology development across Embraer’s business lines.

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