By Marina Malenic The Air Force is on track for a June award of a light-attack aircraft contract that would provide a new fleet to the nascent Afghan air force. Declared bidders for the Light Air Support (LAS) program contract are Hawker Beechcraft and industry partner Lockheed Martin [LMT] with the AT- 6 and a Sierra Nevada-Embraer team with Brazil-based Embraer's Super Tucano. In a January flight demonstration at Kirtland AFB, N.M., each aircraft flew three sorties to demonstrate sensors…
Companies Await Air Force LAS Contract Decision
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