Textron AirLand's production-standard Scorpion light-attack aircraft appears set to make a debut appearance at the Dubai air show from 12-16 November, with the aircraft currently being flown in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.
Registered N532TX, the Scorpion was photographed as it transited through Glasgow airport in Scotland late last month.
Iain Mackenzie
Online flight tracking services show the twinjet as performing demonstration flights from Tabuk air base in Saudi Arabia on 1-2 November. In July Textron chief executive Scott Donnelly identified Riyadh as a potential customer for the Honeywell TFE731-engined strike asset, describing talks as being at an early stage.
Textron AirLand conducted the first flight of its production-representative Scorpion in December 2016, and earlier this year the airframe was involved in an OA-X low-cost close air support aircraft experiment conducted by the US Air Force. It features numerous design enhancements from a first prototype which entered testing in December 2013, with the company still seeking a launch buyer.
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Source: FlightGlobal.com
