
Florida members of the House Appropriations Committee reaffirmed their commitment to procuring a new low-cost, light attack aircraft for the Air Force during a committee markup May 21, while critiquing the Air Force’s back-and-forth commitment to the effort. The service in 2016 announced its intent to experiment with buying an off-the-shelf light attack aircraft to be used in permissive environments and with coalition partners. In 2018, the Air Force released a draft request for proposals and expressed plans to procure…