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Air Force Open To Using Textron’s Scorpion As Next Close Air Support Platform

Air Force Open To Using Textron’s Scorpion As Next Close Air Support Platform
Textron is still searching for its first buyer for Scorpion. Photo: Textron.

The Air Force is open to using Textron’s [TXT] Scorpion as its next close air support (CAS) platform, a top general said Friday, providing a boost to the company’s hopes of finding a buyer for its self-financed aircraft.“It could, that’s not something that’s outside the realm,” Air Combat Command (ACC) chief Gen. Herbert Carlisle told reporters during a briefing at the Pentagon. “We have gone out and looked at other platforms to see if they could meet the low-end CAS…

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