Embraer designed the EMB-314 Super Tucano to meet unique Brazilian requirements, but hopes to find a wider market for the powerful turboprop as an advanced trainer/light attack aircraft Due to its location and size Brazil has some unique and demanding defence requirements. The largest country in South America, it shares 11,000km (6,800 miles) of borders with seven countries. While Brazil's south is modern and industrialised, the same cannot be said of its north. The Amazon river basin to the north comprises over 60% of Brazil's territory, its rain forest and scrublands a haven for illegal activities. In 1990 a joint civil/military co-ordination agency, the Amazon Protection System (SIPAM), was formed to tame this region. Critical to SIPAM's success is the implementation of the Amazon Surveillance System (SIVAM), which has both air and ground components. Raytheon is SIVAM prime contractor, with Brazilian manufacturer Embraer supplying the aerial component, which uses