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These five firms could build a new armed overwatch plane for US Air Force special operators
A replacement for the U-28 Draco could be chosen as early as 2022.
By Valerie Insinna
The Pentagon wants a $10B defense industry cash injection. Is Congress listening?
Pentagon leaders need “around $10 billion” in the next pandemic aid package to cover defense contractors’ coronavirus-related costs. But it’s unclear how the hefty funding handout will square with Republican skepticism of new deficit spending.
By Joe Gould
Sorry, Sierra Nevada Corp. and Textron: The US Air Force isn’t buying light attack planes
Special Operations Command could have a requirement for as many as 75 light attack aircraft, but it wants to hold its own prototype demonstration.
By Valerie Insinna
Congress may have given the Air Force an exit door for the light attack aircraft program
Congress included language in the defense authorization bill that would let the Air Force shift its light attack aircraft funding to U.S. Special Operations Command.
By Valerie Insinna
Air Force to buy handful of light-attack planes, but will a bigger program follow?
The service will buy a couple of AT-6s and A-29s for further demos, says the service's top general.
By Valerie Insinna