USAF ponovo prica o nabavci COIN aviona, OA-X, za tabanje bantu plemena po Avganistanu, Iraku, Siriji... Tucano vs Texan, Scorpion su odbili jer su ova dva vec u upotrebi a njima treba nesto odma.
Citat:In a recent briefing, air force officials laid out their plan for the light-attack OA-X and the A-X2, a short-term replacement for the A-10. The service is looking at an initial order of about 20 aircraft for the OA-X mission a early as next year, with serious procurement launching in Fiscal 2018, Dan Goure, an analyst at the Lexington Institute, tells FlightGlobal. To meet that rapid need, the service is examining two fully developed aircraft, Beechcraft’s AT-6 and Embraer’s A-29 Super Tucano, and are planning a “fly off” for this fall.
Drugi program je kao neka zamena za A-10 ili dopuna visenamenskim avionima, A-X2, ali izgleda da ni sami ne znaju sta uopste hoce, jer su odbili predlog da to bude avion koji ce biti izabran za novi trenazer jer nece da se slucajno odlozi taj program zbog ovoga. A sa druge strane takav avion ne postoji a oni bi da ga imaju za 5 godina, sem ako za ovo ne budu uzeli Scorpion.
Citat:With AX-2, the air force is aiming for a faster, cheaper acquisition approach that could field an aircraft within five years, he said. The aircraft would be designed for a 20-year lifetime and would forego long-term costs such as a service-life extension programme.
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