Embraer Reportedly Out For Aerial Common Sensor Aircraft | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-05.06.24

Airborne-NextGen-04.30.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.01.24 Airborne-AffordableFlyers--05.02.24

Airborne-Unlimited-05.03.24

Tue, Nov 15, 2005

Embraer Reportedly Out For Aerial Common Sensor Aircraft

Military Says Larger Bombardier Needed To Hold Electronics

Lockheed-Martin reportedly told the Army Monday it was scrapping plans to use the Embraer EMB-145 for its new US Navy and Army spy plane, opting instead on the much larger -- and pricier -- Bombardier Global Express.

According to an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal, the move wasn't necessarily Lockheed's choice, but was instead about the only way the manufacturer could hope to hold onto a lucrative contract to provide the US Army and Navy with the Aerial Common Sensor aircraft. 

While it looked like a good choice at the onset of the program, somewhere in the midst of the project the Embraer jet (file photo of type, right) was deemed too small to hold the equipment the military wants onboard the aircraft.

With the Navy threatening to pull out of the project, the Army has become increasingly worried that Lockheed's partnership to design and build the ACS simply won't work. Lockheed was given one more chance to come up with alternatives, according to the Wall Street Journal. Hence, word today that Lockheed is pitching the Global Express.

Lockheed justifies the additional expense by pointing to the work already done on the Global Express for Britain's ASTOR program (below), which should -- in theory, at least -- help contain costs on the larger jet.

Another option would be to utilize the original EMB-145, but with fewer sensors onboard.

Neither Lockheed nor the Army would comment on the Journal article... but at least one Army official involved in the project has endorsed the use of the Global Express.

FMI: www.army.mil, www.bombardier.com

Advertisement

More News

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.02.24): Touchdown Zone Lighting

Touchdown Zone Lighting Two rows of transverse light bars located symmetrically about the runway centerline normally at 100 foot intervals. The basic system extends 3,000 feet alon>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.02.24)

“Discovery and innovation are central to our mission at Virgin Galactic. We’re excited to build on our successful record of facilitating scientific experiments in subor>[...]

Aero-News: Quote of the Day (05.03.24)

"We are reaching out to you today on behalf of the Popular Rotorcraft Association because we need your help. We are dangerously close to losing a critical resource that if lost, wi>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (05.03.24): UAS Traffic Management (UTM)

UAS Traffic Management (UTM) The unmanned aircraft traffic management ecosystem that will allow multiple low altitude BVLOS operations and which is separate from, but complementary>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (05.03.24)

Aero Linx: Society of Aviation and Flight Educators (SAFE) SAFE is a member-oriented organization of aviation educators fostering professionalism and excellence in aviation through>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC