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Air Force Signs Unique CRADA With Textron For Scorpion

Pat Host

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016

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Air Force Signs Unique CRADA With Textron For Scorpion

Textron is still searching for its first buyer for Scorpion. Photo: Textron.

The Air Force said Wednesday it signed a first-of-its-kind cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with Textron [TXT] to provide an airworthiness assessment of the company’s Model 530 Scorpion.Air Force Technical Airworthiness Authority Jorge Gonzalez said Wednesday in a statement that the service has never had a partnership with industry to assess aircraft not under an Air Force acquisition contract. Textron developed Scorpion with its own funding, but has yet to find an international, nor domestic, buyer.The assessment, conducted under…

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