By: Valerie Insinna, May
15, 2017
WASHINGTON — Textron’s Scorpion jet and AT-6
will be joining the A-29 Super Tucano in the Air Force’s light attack aircraft
demonstration this summer, the company confirmed May 15.
“Textron Aviation Defense can confirm the Scorpion and AT-6 have both been invited by the United States Air Force to participate in the experimentation this summer to demonstrate their respective class-leading light attack capabilities,” a Textron spokeswoman said Monday in response to an emailed query from Defense News.
“Textron Aviation Defense can confirm the Scorpion and AT-6 have both been invited by the United States Air Force to participate in the experimentation this summer to demonstrate their respective class-leading light attack capabilities,” a Textron spokeswoman said Monday in response to an emailed query from Defense News.
The first set of demonstrations, which will
be held this July at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, could potentially
lead to a program of record, but as of yet no formal requirement exists for
light attack aircraft.
However, Air Force officials — including Air
Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein and Air Combat Command head Gen. Mike
Holmes — have postulated that a buy of light aircraft could help mitigate
certain readiness and training concerns. The service’s current inventory of
aircraft is already overtaxed with worldwide operational missions, leaving few
resources for high-end training. If it decides to purchase a small fleet of
inexpensive, production-ready light aircraft, low-end missions could be
offloaded to those planes, leaving its more sophisticated aircraft free for
training and operations where specialized capability is needed.........Read entire article:
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