In the week following the cancellation of the US Army's Lockheed Martin-led Aerial Common Sensor, Flight International East Coast Editor Stephen Trimble reports from Washington, DC on the aftermath of the decison.
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USA restarts sensor quest
US Army reviews alternatives after terminating $870 million signals intelligence contract, leaving it six years behind schedule. These alternatives include unmanned platforms.
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Cancellation is a blow to Embraer's ambitions
For the Brazilian manufacturer, participation in the ACS programme represented a strategic victory for its ambitions to dramatically broaden its small defence business. What next for Embraer's military aircraft plans? |
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Life extensions sought
A range of modernisation projects – to include a potential re-engining and an avionics upgrades – are under discussion with the US Army to preserve the life of the two aircraft types now tasked with collecting battlefield intelligence. |
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