[影片] Scorpion Jet Light Attach Aircrft 超輕型噴射攻擊機首飛
Textron AirLand, LLC 公司研發的 Scorpion Jet 超輕型噴射攻擊機於 2013/12/12 完成首飛。
Scorpion Jet 超輕型攻擊機主要瞄準偵查、反恐與低度威脅的防空任務。因主要設計元件皆來自商用客機，其後勤保養費用可以在F-16戰機的20%以下，每小時飛行費用僅需10萬台幣左右。
雖然Scorpion Jet 超輕型噴射攻擊機的潛在市場與 UAV無人偵察機 相同，但是部分專家學者仍，戰鬥機駕駛員的第一直覺仍無法被冷酷的LCD螢幕與搖桿索取代。
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AirLand, LLC, is a joint venture between Textron Inc. and AirLand Enterprises, LLC, with the express purpose of rapidly designing and manufacturing an affordable, multi-mission tactical military jet platform using commercially available technologies and processes – the Scorpion.
Textron has announced that Cessna Aircraft Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)/Strike aircraft has conducted its maiden flight on Dec 12.
The aircraft took off from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas and flew for 1.4 hours, conducting a series of handling maneuvers that proved the aircraft features an “impressive stability and responsiveness closely matching all of the predicted parameters for today’s maneuvers – it’s going to be a highly capable aircraft for the ISR and homeland security mission set.”
On its first flight the “affordable warplane for low-threat missions” was crewed by pilot Dan Hinson, a test pilot with over 5,000 flight hours in 79 different types of aircraft, and co-pilot David Sitz.
Announced in September and developed in 24 months, the Scorpion has a cruising speed of up to 450 knots, a ferry range of 2,400 NM (nautical miles) and carries a payload of 3,000 lbs internal stores as well as underwing PGMs (Precision Guided Munitions).
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