Paulo Gastão Silva, vice-president of Embraer Defense & Security’s KC-390 program, discusses program updates and makes the case for the company’s new KC-390 transport aircraft as a military jet during an interview with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the 2017 Paris Air Show at Paris-Le Bourget Airport on June 18, 2017, immediately following the jet’s first-ever media flight. Defense & Aerospace Report’s coverage of the 2017 Paris Air Show is sponsored by L3 Technologies & Leonardo DRS.