March Aviation Competitors

A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive Aviation, Defense & Security, and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services and Support to customer after-sales. Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.

When military customers need airborne solutions for their critical missions, they turn to Textron Aviation Defense. Provider of the world’s leading military flight trainer, the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II fleet of nearly 1,000 aircraft has logged more than 3.2 million hours across nearly a dozen countries worldwide since 1994. Purpose-built for light attack and counter-insurgency missions, the AT-6 Wolverine light attack aircraft capitalizes on a strong heritage and an established global logistics infrastructure at a fraction of the acquisition, sustainment and training costs of traditional combat aircraft. Scorpion jet’s unparalleled low acquisition, operating and training costs equip our warfighters with exceptional mission readiness, an 85 cubic ft payload bay, multi-spectral enhanced targeting, and a full array of DoD-proven precision and general purpose munitions with limitless possibilities. Textron’s innovative technologies and advanced engineering techniques equip military customers with the performance, reliability and technological advantage they expect from an industry leader, all backed by the most capable global service network.

Cirrus is the global leader in Personal Aviation™. Founded in 1984, Cirrus is best known for redefining Personal Aviation™ through category-leading innovation and safety, including: - Designing and producing the industry’s best-selling piston aircraft, the SR Series - Introducing the world’s first single-engine Personal Jet™, the Vision Jet - Becoming the first manufacturer to incorporate Safe Return™ Emergency Autoland into a single-engine piston aircraft with the SR Series G7+ - Earning the Robert J. Collier Trophy, widely regarded as the greatest achievement in American aeronautics - Pioneering the first FAA-certified whole-airframe parachute safety system to be included as standard equipment on an aircraft, the Cirrus Airframe Parachute System® (CAPS®) The company has seven locations in the United States. - Duluth, Minnesota - Grand Forks, North Dakota - Knoxville, Tennessee - McKinney, Texas - Orlando, Florida - Scottsdale, Arizona - Benton Harbor, Michigan