USAF TO APPLY AT-6B LESSONS LEARNED TO OA-X ATTACK PLANE EFFORT

/ December 19, 2008 at 5:00 AM
The Air Force plans to take lessons learned from a light-attack plane sensor integration program and apply them to a potential acquisition program later down the road, according to service officials. Next fall, the Air National Guard will demonstrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance sensors on a Hawker Beechcraft AT-6B. Lawmakers initiated and included funding for the demonstration program in the fiscal year 2008 and FY-09 Defense Appropriations acts. While the Air Force conducts numerous capabilities demonstrations each year, this one...

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