Editors & Contributors
Core Questions
Posting Guidelines
Guidelines for commenting on articles should be read and agreed to before posting.
Tag Archives: Super Tucano
SuperTucano Vs AT-6: The “Smoking Hole”
“While we pursue perfection, we sometimes fall short, and when we do we will take corrective action,” said Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, in a statement Tuesday (Feb 28, 2012). The USAF just withdrew their selection of the SuperTucano for …
USAF Background Paper on Light Air Support (LAS) Contract
The USAF is circulating a paper on the Hill that clearly lays out for our readers, their judgement on the state of play of getting the planes to the troops. BULLET BACKGROUND PAPER ON LIGHT AIR SUPPORT (LAS) This paper provides …
The Latest on AT-6 Vs Super Tucano: Time to Bow Out
A losing team continues to present losing arguments on so many different levels. As readers know, this Forum has been following the USAF LAS selection process very closely. We take it very seriously because of the need to get the …
Last Man Standing
Note from the Editor Aerospace Daily has just reported breaking news that the GAO dismissed a bid protest by Hawker Beechcraft on their submission of the AT-6 for the light air support aircraft program–known as the LAS acquisition. This GAO finding is …
The AT-6 VS Super Tucano: Round 3
I was told that Dr Loren Thompson had given a quotation to Daniel McCoy a reporter for the Wichita Business Journal, which is a publication that has been providing more in-depth and detailed coverage of the USAF source selection process …
End-Game for USAF Competition?
11/20/2011 The headline in the Wichita Eagle says it all—“Hawker Beechcraft loses out on big Air Force contract” Reporter Dan Voorhis writing for The Wichita Eagle, (November 18 2011) points out that; “Hawker Beechcraft Corp. says the Air Force has …
An Historic PR “fumble” in the Super Tucano Vs AT-6 Public Fight
Currently the U.S. Air Force is engaged in a source selection process to pick a Light Attack Support Aircraft (LAS) for the emerging Afghan National Army Air Corps. The Super Tucano is the only platform with proven combat success in …