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Textron Wins Navy Contract For New Multi-Engine Training System Aircraft

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Textron Wins Navy Contract For New Multi-Engine Training System Aircraft
A fleet of T-44 Pegasus aircraft sit on the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi flight line in 2004. The aircraft are used to train pilots in multi-engine aircraft like the P-8 Posiedon and C-130 Hercules. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Textron [TXT] won the competition on Jan. 25 to produce new T-54A Multi-Engine Training System (METS) aircraft to replace the aging Beech Aircraft T-44C Pegasus training aircraft. The older fleet of 54 T-44Cs was built by Beech Aircraft, which is now a subsidiary of T-54A winner Textron. These aircraft are used to train Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard pilots to fly non-centerline thrust aircraft like the Bell [TXT]-Boeing [BA] V-22 Osprey, Northrop Grumman [NOC] E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, Lockheed Martin…

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