An initial flight by a CN235M-100 configured as a light gunship was completed by early December. Two CN235s will be modified for Jordan after ATK of Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a contract for the work by the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau. They will be equipped with an electro-optical targeting system, laser designator, AN/AAR-47 and AN/ALE-47 self-protection equipment and a synthetic aperture radar. Weapons due to be integrated on the aircraft include AGM-114M/K Hellfire laser-guided missiles, 2.75in rockets and a side-mounted M230LF link-fed 30mm chain gun, controlled by the ATK STAR Mission System. A contract to modify the former Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force) CN235M-100s was announced in February 2011 (see CN-235 Gunships, April 2011, p33).
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