Originally Posted by
AZFlyer
Embraer promotional materials also like to tell you that it is because their Super Tucano is a battle proven airframe and that the AT-6 s not.
Aren't the USAF Super Tucano's going to be built in Florida?
Well.....that much is true.
The T-6 can point to being a proven training aircraft, just as the Super Tucano can with many services around the world. Since they competed against each other for the JPATS contract and the T-6 won that contract. maybe they ought to focus their efforts on advertising its' strengths since the reports are saying that the AT-6 failed to meet some expectations.
The promotional material shows that much of the production line and other parts of the aircraft (like the avionics and the weapons/sensor packages are made in America. SNC has been around for awhile and has fingers in many different DoD contracts ongoing.
USMCFLYR