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To: paddles

Armed aircraft can only be certified by a military authority. The FAA cannot certify the AT-6 like they did the T-6.

The USAF has not purchased AT-6s in any numbers, so they have not certificated it, either.

The fact that it is uncertificated in the US is a factor in evaluations, but is not driven by the lack of ability to be approved, which is how I read your comments. Please correct me if this impression is incorrect.


64 posted on 01/08/2018 8:27:04 AM PST by MortMan (Irony is the opposite of wrinkly.)
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To: MortMan

When the bids for the two aircraft were submitted to the USAF in 2010 for the LAS program they were required to present a cost/schedule plan for obtaining a US military airworthiness certification (the A-29 already had a non-US certification). Ultimately the A-29 won because, according to the USAF, there was significant technical risk to the AT-6’s certification plan. Incidentally, this appears to be the same reason the Philippine Gov’t selected the A-29 over the AT-6. The USAF hasn’t procured any AT-6 aircraft. Does this help?


66 posted on 01/08/2018 8:41:12 AM PST by paddles ("The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates." Tacitus)
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