Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
The AT-6A is a good platform but the Tucano is too. I was hoping for the sake of Wichita's economy it would be selected. Be that as it may, Beechcraft still makes a ton of King Airs for military buyers. You can drive by the Wichita plant at any time and see a half dozen of them getting ready to go out.
Nothing against the airplane or beech, but the pentagon can't let every major contract go through fifteen years of appeals and stop-work orders. They need to do a good enough job in their initial decision making and then stick with the results.
Exception for outright fraud and corruption ala Darleen Dryun.