In the week following the cancellation of the US Army's Lockheed Martin-led Aerial Common Sensor, Flight International East Coast Editor Stephen Trimble reports from Washington, DC on the aftermath of the decison.
USA restarts sensor quest
US Army reviews alternatives after terminating $870 million signals intelligence contract, leaving it six years behind schedule. These alternatives include unmanned platforms.
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| Cancellation is a blow to Embraer's ambitions
For the Brazilian manufacturer, participation in the ACS programme represented a strategic victory for its ambitions to dramatically broaden its small defence business. What next for Embraer's military aircraft plans? |
| Life extensions sought
A range of modernisation projects – to include a potential re-engining and an avionics upgrades – are under discussion with the US Army to preserve the life of the two aircraft types now tasked with collecting battlefield intelligence. | 
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Source: Flight International
