Rather strange, I would have thought Harriers or Warthogs would have been more effective..
By: scotavia - 10th March 2016 at 18:51
Cost effective is what seems to be driving these ideas, turboprop COIN aircraft designs are now re appearing .
By: Propstrike - 10th March 2016 at 18:49
Tony de Bruyn got his Call-Up papers yesterday !
By: Duggy - 10th March 2016 at 18:18
From Wikki
“OV-10 Bronco: The first American airplane designed for FAC work; entered combat service on 6 July 1968. With double an 0-1’s speed, excellent all-around sight lines for observation, an armored cockpit, and an avionics suite that included eight secure radios along with the flight instruments, the OV-10’s five ordnance hard points made it a potent combination of FAC and light strike aircraft. By 1972, the Bronco was responsible for laser illuminating targets for about 60% of the “smart bombs” dropped in Vietnam.
And from two days ago
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, March 8, 2016 – Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Paramount Group, the South Africa-based global defense and aerospace business, have expanded their 2014 agreement to cooperate on an advanced mission system for a variant of the Advanced, High Performance, Reconnaissance, Light Aircraft (AHRLAC).
A high-wing, two-seat aircraft, AHRLAC is designed to incorporate advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and weapons systems. Boeing will develop an integrated mission system for the aircraft enabling ISR and light strike missions for the AHRLAC safety & security, and military variants. This militarised version will be known as Mwari.
Speaking from the Global Aerospace Summit in Abu Dhabi, Jeffrey Johnson, vice president, Business Development, Boeing Military Aircraft, said, “Through AHRLAC, we’ll not only bring a flexible, persistent and affordable aircraft to the international market, but we’ll also be developing world-class technology in Africa.”
“Our relationship with Paramount will help us access markets that are new to Boeing,” Johnson added.
The Paramount Group is the largest privately owned defense and aerospace business in Africa, providing fully integrated turnkey solutions to global defense, peacekeeping and internal security forces. Since its inception in 1994, Paramount has built strong relationships with governments and government agencies in more than 30 countries around the world. Paramount is a leading innovator in the design and development of state-of-the-art products that it manufactures in locations globally and has partnered with some of the world’s largest and most reputable organizations in the global defense community.
Rather similar ??
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March 10, 2016 at 5:37 pm