Sounds more to me like the US wants to keep business in their own country! Boeing haven’t been doing well lately especially since the scandle over the KC-767.

Jungle Boy: sounds like you are a fiercly patriotic American, the Embraer products fill a nieche that no US manufacture can, from the Raython line to the boeing line there is a slight gap in capabilities, this is where Embraer will thrive. The Boeing 737 airframe can only go so far but for some applications is a little too big, this was proved with the British ASTOR program.

I was going to sugest the EMB-190, it’s a very nice plane and has heaps of room to grow

So I wasn’t crazy when I was under the impression that these could actually take on and possibly beat the American systems!

I know about the Denel site as I am a regular visitor there, but thanks for the Kentron link.

Yes the A-Darter is being developed as an alternative to the ASRRAM. Very very impressive, we looked at it when we were replacing our AIM-9’s. Sadly the ASRAAM was selected, but the A-Darter was very very close.

Interesting, at the top of the Kentron page, there is a a UCAV firing an A-Darter, I wasn’t aware that the SAAF were looking at them, interesting design too!

Here are a few from my board, we’ve been doing it over there as well!

These are from me- do you notice a theme?
Herring (as in Dead)
Dodo
Brontosaurus (following along the current trend of Dinosaurs- e.g. Raptor).

From Greyhavoc
The Buffalo (after the infamous WWII USN fighter!).

From Goose
‘Twin Shooter’ in referrence to the two bombs it’s gonna carry.

Very Very interesting mate thanks for this, tell me mate Vigilant (?) in the first pic and the third pic seems to have some sort of stealth covering on it, do you have a better pic of it?