ALX
Embraer is under contract to develop the ALX light-attack aircraft, a stretched variant of the EMB-312, following the signing of an August 1995 development contract. One of the Brazilian manufacturer's two EMB-312H Super Tucano demonstrators is being equipped with an uprated, 1,190kW Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-68 engine for flight-testing to assess ALX handling qualities with weapons on five underwing hardpoints. The ALX will be equipped with head-up and multi-function displays, mission computer, global-positioning/inertial-navigation system, and cockpit lighting compatible with night-vision goggles (NVGs). Two-seat versions will be able to carry a forward-looking infra-red (FLIR) turret. A contract for production of 100 ALXs for the Brazilian air force, in both single-seat A-29 and two-seat AT-29 variants, is expected to be signed around the time the second prototype is flown.
Source: Flight International