Textron AirLand Invites IDEX Attendees to Explore the Scorpion’s Multi-Mission Capabilities as It Enters Year-Two of Flight...
February 16 2015 - 12:23PM
Business Wire
Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron Inc. company (NYSE: TXT), will
feature its Scorpion ISR/Trainer/Strike aircraft at the 12th
edition of the International Defence Exhibition and Conference
(IDEX) in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates from February 22
-26.
The Textron AirLand Scorpion Jet was introduced in 2013 and this
week completed its 300th hour of flight testing as a
highly-affordable twin-engine tactical jet aircraft. Scorpion is a
multi-mission aircraft designed with diverse capabilities including
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, humanitarian
assistance, disaster relief, training and precision strike.
Scorpion representatives will be available at stand 03-C07
during all IDEX show hours. A scale model of the aircraft will be
displayed, along with video of recent flights, with experts
prepared to discuss the performance, versatility and value of the
aircraft. The media is welcome to use high-resolution images of
Scorpion from our Media Gallery, as well as Flight Video and
details of the aircraft’s Specifications and Mission
Capabilities.
Some highlights of flight testing to date:
- Total flight hours: 300 from
December 12, 2013 to February 15, 2015
- Availability: Scorpion’s
first-year availability rating was greater than 95 percent, an
extremely high mission capability score for a prototype tactical
jet aircraft
- Confirmed efficiency:
Demonstrated below $3,000 per flight hour
- First trans-Atlantic roundtrip
flight: Scorpion crossed the Atlantic for its international
debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo and Farnborough
International Air Show. The trip was completed one day ahead of
schedule, covering over 9,200 nautical miles in a total of 38 hours
flight time.
- International demo: Flew the
first international pilot at the British Empire Test Pilots’
School
- First military exercise:
Participated in Vigilant Guard 2014, a large-scale, multi-state
disaster response exercise sponsored by U.S. Northern Command and
the National Guard Bureau. Scorpion provided aerial reconnaissance,
transmission of full motion video and communications regarding mock
threat scenarios, in tight coordination with other aircraft and
ground stations
- Longest flight: 4.2 hours during
Vigilant Guard 2014
- Top speed achieved: 455 Knots
True Air Speed (KTAS); 0.78 Mach
- Low speed achieved: Demonstrated
an intercept of a low, slow flying threat aircraft below 100
KTAS
- Top altitude achieved: 45,000
feet
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