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More Companies Want Textron-Like CRADA With Air Force

Pat Host

Tuesday, July 26th, 2016

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More Companies Want Textron-Like CRADA With Air Force

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

Six or seven companies want an agreement with the Air Force like the one the service recently signed with Textron [TXT], according to service Secretary Deborah James.James said Tuesday Textron is paying the Air Force to perform an airworthiness assessment of its Scorpion aircraft as part of the unique cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) signed by the two parties. She said the airworthiness assessment is an attempt to spur foreign sales of the aircraft, which was developed on Textron…

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