SAO PAULO - Embraer has hired consultancy firm Oliver Wyman to help it explore the U.S. defense market, the head of the Brazilian planemaker's defense unit said, as it eyes selling its C-390 military cargo aircraft to the world's No. 1 economy.
"We looked at several consultancies as part of a careful selection process, evaluating their capacity in the defense field, and concluded that Oliver Wyman is the company that will help us," Costa said in an interview on Thursday.Exploring merger and acquisition possibilities could be a way for Embraer to access the U.S. market, the executive emphasized.
Speaking at an event earlier on Thursday, Costa said he sees room for the U.S. to have a mixed fleet of larger strategic tankers and smaller tactical tankers such as the C-390, which has already been bought by some NATO countries.