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Mon, May 26, 2014

AirLand Scorpion To Make International Debut

Will Be On Display At The Royal International Air Tattoo And Farnborough International Air Show

Textron AirLand, LLC, a joint venture between Textron and AirLand Enterprises, LLC, today announced that the Scorpion will fly from Wichita, KS to the United Kingdom, appearing at two of the world’s premier defense aviation exhibitions. Scorpion will participate in Royal Air Tattoo from July 11 to 13, immediately followed by Farnborough International Air Show from July 14 to 20.

The Scorpion ISR/Strike aircraft will travel nearly 10,000 nautical miles this summer to attend major air shows.

The flight to Europe comes just six months after Scorpion’s first flight in December 2013. Since that time, Scorpion has completed 41 test flights for a total of 77 hours. “We’re confident that the Scorpion will excel in its first international flights, travelling about 4,700 nautical miles to the UK this July,” said Bill Anderson , president of Textron AirLand. “The aircraft has passed all of its early testing milestones, and now we’re excited about demonstrating its long-range performance,” he added.

In recent flight tests, Scorpion has proven to be very reliable and agile, reaching a top speed of 0.76 Mach or 455 KTAS. As a high subsonic aircraft, Scorpion will be accompanied by another powerful jet during its flight to Europe. The prototype Cessna Citation Sovereign+ business jet—capable of 460 KTAS—will serve as the chase jet, observing and recording Scorpion’s performance and carrying the ground support crew. The Scorpion-Sovereign+ pair will follow a northern route, leaving Kansas in early July and traveling through Canada and Nordic nations before arriving in the UK.

The round-trip distance of nearly 10,000 nm will be logged as part of Scorpion’s rigorous 2014 testing program, expected to reach 300-400 test hours and some 150 flights by year’s end.

(Image provided by Textron)

FMI: www.scorpionjet.com

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