Francisco Gomes Neto talks with Aviation Week in his first interview for the aerospace trade press.

An enlarged second stage would have two engines and more propellant. Much more payload space can be provided.

Ask the Editors: Airbus’ strategy remains expanding its overseas market share, so the OEM is not likely to bring work back to Europe.

Guidance, navigation and control (GNC) software for Stratolaunch’s Talon-A hypersonic flying testbed has passed a preliminary design review and is being readied by developer Draper for loading next year into the vehicle’s flight control computers.

Ask the Editors: There is room for both and overlap between both, and who will win where will play out over the next decade.

Listen in as CEO Francisco Gomes Neto gives his side of Embraer’s breakup with Boeing, what he thinks of finding new partners, and how he plans to steer the Brazilian aircraft company through the COVID-19 storm.