On September 14, 2020, at the Embraer unit in Gavião Peixoto - SP, the first flight of the modernized aircraft AF-1C N-1021, belonging to the Aircraft Modernization Program AF-1/1A.
Classified as a production flight, and having been accompanied by the Embraer team and the AF-1/1A Aircraft Inspection and Receipt Group (GFRAer AF1-/1A), it is the first of a series of flights planned for the continuity of the product development prior to delivery.
In this planning for the N-1021, the highlights are the flight test campaigns to integrate the Synthetic Missile package into the new version of the aircraft's operational software (OFP), and the vibration campaign ("gun fire vibration") with the firing modes verification, to be performed at Santa Cruz Air Force Base in OCT2020.
Source: Navy Aeronautics Directorate
