Beechcraft asked a U.S. Federal Claims Court to force the USAF to cancel its order.
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The Super Tucano competes with the Beechcraft AT-6 in the light support vehicle defense market.
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In only eight years, Cirrus piston aircraft sales have surpassed Beechcraft, Mooney, Piper and Cessna.
Ironically, the U.S. Air Force is in a similar procurement fight with American aircraft manufacturer Beechcraft.
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Beechcraft is also arguing that the government paid too much for the Brazilian plane.
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However, while Beechcraft was a contender in the procurement contract, it has never won.
Hawker Beechcraft, owned by Onex Partners and GS Capital Partners, filed for bankruptcy protection in May.
In the meantime, Hawker Beechcraft developed new models with extended range, higher speed and enhanced capability.
Beechcraft has emerged from this process a stronger company with both financial and operational strength and stability.
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Hawker Beechcraft expects to emerge from Chapter 11 as Beechcraft Corporation in the second half of February.
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Damage was also reported to a Hawker Beechcraft building, which manufactures high-performance business jets and turbo-prop planes.
Mosedale replied: "Sierra Kilo Charlie.. um.. standby" - the last words recorded from the Beechcraft King Air plane.
In business since 1932, Beechcraft has built more than 54, 000 aircraft, and more than 36, 000 continue flying today.
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As of Dec. 31, Hawker Beechcraft employed 5, 400 people companywide, including more than 3, 300 at its Wichita headquarters.
InterGlobe today is a franchisee of Galileo, represents companies like Hawker Beechcraft, Sikorsky, Dornier Seaplane and Pacific Aerospace.
Re-fit work will be carried out by Hawker Beechcraft at Broughton in North Wales for delivery in March 2013.
Hawker Beechcraft has kept the aircraft simple and reliable while adding advanced technology to improve efficiency, safety and functionality.
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The Hawker Beechcraft 390 that Davis and Caves were on slammed into a South Bend neighborhood, damaging three single-story homes.
Wichita, which is also home to Hawker Beechcraft and the Learjet operations of Canadian company Bombardier, had 3% unemployment in 2007.
Back in 2010, avionics manufacturer Rockwell Collins successfully demonstrated a fully autonomous landing system in a stock single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza.
This all stems from Beechcraft, who lost out on the bid.
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Raytheon ( RTN - news - people ) and Hawker Beechcraft for weapons systems that included Hawk and Patriot missiles.
This is the second time that Beechcraft has gone down to Embraer and the second time that it has road blocked the process.
Performance was stopped on the contract on March 11, 2013 in response to a protest filed before the GAO by the unsuccessful offeror, Beechcraft.
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The contract for 20 Super Tucano military aircraft was awarded on Feb. 27 to Embraer and SNC, much to the dismay of rival Beechcraft.
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Judge Bernstein reserved judgment regarding the subsidiary, Hawker Beechcraft Corporation, and asked for technical modifications to the plan before he issues a final order.
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The Beechcraft BE35 was en route to Knoxville Downtown Island Airport in Tennessee, said Kathleen Bergen, a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration in Atlanta.
The judge also signed off on a provision to cut costs by having the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp. take over two Hawker Beechcraft retirement plans.
Beechcraft said the U.S. is paying too much for the aircraft.
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But orders for smaller jets have nosedived, forcing Cessna and Hawker Beechcraft, two American firms dependent on this end of the market, to make drastic cuts.
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