USAF officially launches light attack study

North America Beechcraft has pitched the AT-6 for the OA-X competition as well as its Textron AirLand Scorpion. Beechcraft THE US Air Force has formally invited industry to participate in a light attack platform experiment. This marks the start of its OA-X project to evaluate the potential utility of a new, cost-effective, light attack platform in future force structure. A live-fly event will be conducted at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, this summer. “This is an evolution of the