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Textron AirLand aimed to complete 500 flight hours and verify basic performance features by the end of 2014. [3] [4] Initial flight tests showed positive results in evaluations of performance and mechanical and electronic systems. [18] On 9 April 2014, Textron AirLand announced that the Scorpion had reached 50 flight hours over 26 flights.
The XM1100 Scorpion, formerly known as the Intelligent Munitions System, was an anti-vehicle, smart ground munition developed by Textron Defense Systems as a safer alternative to traditional landmines. [1] The Scorpion was originally a component of the Future Combat Systems program. It was a remotely controlled, integrated system of lethal and ...
If you thought unmanned drones had effectively marked the end of traditional fighter jets, think again. On Monday, Textron raised eyebrows by unveiling its very own new fighter jet: the Scorpion ...
Textron AirLand, a joint venture between Textron and AirLand Enterprises, developed the Textron AirLand Scorpion light attack jet which had potential as a candidate for the T-X program. Textron management stated that with some modifications, such as swapping the two engines with a single engine and changing the wings, the aircraft would be an ...
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Textron eViation Nexus Tiltrotor eVTOL model at EBACE 2023. Textron completed its purchase of Beech Holdings in March 2014 for approximately US$1.4 billion in cash. The parent company, Textron, financed the equity purchase and the repayment of Beechcraft's debt in cash, plus its issue of US$600 million in senior notes and a new US$500 million five-year term loan.
In addition to the AT-6, Textron will demonstrate the capabilities of their Scorpion twin-engine two-seat attack jet, expected to easily outperform the propeller planes. Textron secretly put together the Scorpion with off-the-shelf aircraft parts in just two year’s time, and presumably would require more time and money to put it into ...
A CBU-105 munition is loaded to a B-52H Stratofortress. The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a United States Air Force 1,000-pound (450 kg)-class freefall Cluster Bomb Unit.It was developed and produced by Textron Defense Systems.