Even as it eyes an eventual emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Hawker Beechcraft will idle some 240 employees following a lag in negotiations with the U.S. government for additional T-6 airplanes. The furloughs are expected to begin later this month.
Industry Has Been Performing Demonstrations Flights Since Last Year
While helicopter companies have been wooing U.S. Army officials with demonstration flights of potential replacements to the Kiowa Warrior scout aircraft, Army officials now say the earliest they could issue an RFP for the aircraft is the summer of 2014.
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