PAUL LEWIS / WASHINGTON DC Fairchild Dornier wants to team with Northrop Grumman to offer special mission aircraft based on its regional jet family Fairchild Dornier has unveiled an airborne early warning and control (AEWC) variant of the 728JET regional airliner which it is proposing to develop in conjunction with Northrop Grumman as the first in a series of special mission aircraft (SMA) now under study. Northrop Grumman has been in discussions with Fairchild Dornier to use of the 728JET as a future AEWC platform for more than a year and the two companies are hoping to sign a memorandum of understanding. The airframe manufacturer, in the meantime, has decided to unveil the concept for the first time at this month's Paris air show. Back Read the article