RELATÓRIO ANUAL / 2022 ABOUT FIT FOR GROWTH & ESG INNOINNOVVAATIONTION BUSINESS SUSTAINABILITY EMBRAER FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE UNIT INDICATORS VERTICAL AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT VERTICAL ARTIFICIAL In 2022, Embraer announced the agreement to invest in XMobots, a INTELLIGENCE company located in São Carlos, São Paulo that is the largest drone company The company made signi昀椀cant strides with innovati- in Latin America. The deal aims to accelerate the future of the mid- and large-size ve initiatives in arti昀椀cial intelligence and data scien- autonomous drone market and broaden the collaborative network in research into ce in 2022. A key achievement was the preparation new technologies. and alignment of the corporate data strategy with A series of experimental helicopter 昀氀ights in Rio de Janeiro focused on assessing the vision of making Embraer a company capable of new autonomous system technologies in real 昀氀ight conditions and complex urban yielding more and more value from the information environments were also completed. generated by its systems and processes. To support such a change, improvements pertaining to people and culture were made, including new careers for data professionals. In December, the company ful- 昀椀lled the 昀椀rst class of the Software Specialization Program for training new data scientists. From a technological standpoint, the company laun- ched its research portfolio in arti昀椀cial intelligence, focusing on embedded applications for increased 昀氀ight safety and machine learning algorithms for predictive maintenance, capable of generating great value for customers. Learn more: Experimental Flights Learn more: XMobots Software Specialization Program 42