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Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Tucano Debuts At Airshow Amidst Lawsuit, Chinese Takeover Talk

Super TucanoAviation company Sierra Nevada Corp. unveiled its Super Tucano to the American public even as its lawsuit proceeds against the American government.

The Air Force initially decided to buy 20 of the light attack planes for Afghanistan, then unexpectedly cancelled the Light Air Support contract two months later in February -- a decision Sierra Nevada is suing to reverse.

Meanwhile, competitor Hawker Beechcraft, which had been pushing its AT-6 Texan II as the all-American alternative to the Brazilian-designed Super Tucano, is in the somewhat awkward position of potentially being bought by the Chinese.

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