Super Tucano gana concurso LAS de la USAF.

Sierra, Embraer Win USAF LAS; Hawker Fights

Dec 30, 2011

By Michael Bruno, Fred George
Washington, San Diego

Sierra Nevada and its major partner Embraer have been awarded a firm-fixed price contract for $355.1 million for the U.S. Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) aircraft program; but competitor Hawker Beechcraft indicated it will continue to fight the move in court.

Hawker, the Pentagon and Sierra and Embraer variously announced the award Dec. 30, including dueling press statements between the prime competitors over what could become a federal court case regarding USAF contract procedures, the fate of Hawker Beechcraft and the future of U.S. efforts to train allied air force pilots, starting in Afghanistan.

According to a Pentagon announcement, issued after regular trading closed on U.S. stock markets, the five-year award is for 20 “non-developmental aircraft procured for conducting advanced flight training, surveillance, air interdiction and close air support.”

As described by the contract announcement, “The LAS aircraft is a single-engine turboprop fixed-wing aircraft with tricycle, retractable landing gear, and tandem two-place pressurized cockpit with ejection seats, capable of operating from semi-prepared air fields.”


Olvidense del AT 6B para la FAM.

Y eso que demonios tiene que ver con la Fuerza Aerea Mexicana?

Osea son cosas aparte. Es como decir que como Venezuela compro SU-30 nosotros tambien. El comentario no tiene ni pies ni maldita cabeza

Porque por ahi andaban diciendo que la FAM iba a comprar este modelo.