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Air Force Releases First of Two Notices of Intent to Buy Light Attack Aircraft

By Vivienne Machi

Wednesday, May 8th, 2019

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Air Force Releases First of Two Notices of Intent to Buy Light Attack Aircraft

Embraer's A-29 Super Tucano. Photo: Embraer

The Air Force released May 8 a notice of intent to solicit proposals from Sierra Nevada Corp. [SNC] for light attack aircraft, and intends to soon release a second similar notice to Textron Aviation [TXT]. The presolicitation, posted via FedBizOpps, states that the Air Force’s Fighters and Bombers Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, intends to solicit proposals from one source and award a contract for “an affordable, non-developmental aircraft intended to operate globally in the types of Irregular…

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