The US Air Force announced Sierra Nevada Corp, in alliance with Brazil’s Embraer, has won the contract to provide the Afghan Air Force with a light attack aircraft. The contract has a very specific dollar figure:
The firm-fixed-price contract is worth $427,459,708…Work will be completed by Feb. 26, 2019, and the first delivery order is expected to be complete by April 2015.
The Super Tucano was competing only with Hawker Beechcraft’s AT-6. The aircraft for this contract will reportedly be built in Florida.
Recently, reports seemed to say the US government had made its decision regarding the light attack aircraft it would provide Afghanistan. A more recent article, however, indicates a “battle” may yet be brewing over the procurement plan.
The feud between Hawker Beechcraft and Sierra Nevada Corporation over the Light Air Support contract has escalated from Read more…
Categories: Fighter Pilot Tags: a-29, Afghanistan, air force, at-6, embraer, Fighter Pilot, hawker beechcraft, Military, Navy, sierra nevada corp, super tucano
The US Air Force recently awarded a contract to provide “at least 20 A-29 Super Tucanos” to Afghanistan. The light attack aircraft was competing with the Hawker Beechcraft AT-6, a modified version of the T-6 currently used by both the USAF and US Navy. The Air Force has also been flying an AT-6 in Arizona in a “non-acquisition program.”
The deal was contracted with Sierra Nevada Corp, though the Super Tucano itself is a product of Brazil-based Read more…
Categories: Fighter Pilot Tags: a-29, Afghanistan, air force, at-6, embraer, Fighter Pilot, hawker beechcraft, Military, Navy, sierra nevada corp, super tucano
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