It looks like you're using an Ad Blocker.
Please white-list or disable AboveTopSecret.com in your ad-blocking tool.
Thank you.
Some features of ATS will be disabled while you continue to use an ad-blocker.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
The Air Force announced that they are planning an experiment this spring to develop a Light Attack Aircraft. They plan to go to multiple companies looking at COTS technology, and low cost platform ideas. Those companies will include Textron, Beechcraft, and Embraer.
John McCain recommended in a white paper that the Air Force develop a High/Low mix of forces going forward, and included buying 200 aircraft by 2022, as well as continuing with the A-10 sustainment. That would give them a force to perform CAS and COIN operations in permissive environments, such as Afghanistan.
www.flightglobal.com...
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Pyle
They're looking almost exclusively at off the shelf technology. You could do a clean sheet, if you had something already well along in the process using strictly off the shelf tech, like the F-117 did, but it will almost certainly be an existing aircraft. The most likely candidates are the AT-6, A-29, or Scorpion.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Pyle
They're looking almost exclusively at off the shelf technology. You could do a clean sheet, if you had something already well along in the process using strictly off the shelf tech, like the F-117 did, but it will almost certainly be an existing aircraft. The most likely candidates are the AT-6, A-29, or Scorpion.