Textron's Scorpion Jet headed to the Farnborough airshow

via Kansas.com

Textron AirLand’s new tactical jet, the Scorpion, is taking a short break from flight testing to undergo some significant modifications, including changes so it can fly over the ocean to the Farnborough International Airshow this summer.
The intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance strike aircraft has been flying for five months.
The program called for incremental improvements to be made in the test plane along the way.
But after Textron officials decided to exhibit the Scorpion at the Farnborough airshow in England in July, the schedule was revised, and the changes are being made now, said Dale Tutt, chief engineer on the program.
The Scorpion will fly about 4,700 nautical miles from Wichita to the show, which will be a good place to market it to potential customers, he said.

This is going to be good.

Industry sponsored aviation projects don't have a track record of success but I'm hoping Textron can buck the trend and win some orders.  To fly the airplane to Europe for an airshow this early in its development is a major win in my book.

We'll see.