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What did we get for two trillion $$? Lots of happy military contractors.#BOEING , #Raytheon, #LockheedMartin, #GeneralDynamics #NorthropGrumman to name a few.
The (JPATS) was a 1994 USN /USAF program to acquire a new training aircraft. Beechcraft/Raytheon, with a modified Swiss Pilatus PC-9 Mk 2, the only turboprop in the competition won the contract. The plane was designated the Beechcraft T-6 Texan II. The contestants: #aviation