12/24/2011 by Ed Timperlake 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 a tribute to the USAF LAS Acquisition Team ---a Navy…
06/06/2011 The Brazilians operate their aircraft under very demanding conditions. The Super Tucano and CN-295 are both examples of rugged aircraft operating in these conditions. As a senior Embraer executive stated to SLD: The Super Tucano started off as the EMB 312 Trainer many years ago and migrated into the…
Light Attack Aircraft Can Alter the Course of a War By Ed Timperlake [caption id="attachment_11835" align="aligncenter" width="700" caption="Credit : Super Tucano Landing, Embraer, 2010"][/caption] September 24th, 2010 - The world has taken notice of an important and successful military attack in a nasty war raging in Colombia, South America. The…
