>>63184612
>Hunter additionally indicated the money was not going towards fixes Boeing was supposed to have already done.
>“It’s not work scope that Boeing would have to do necessarily anyway in order to deliver the jet,” he explained. Instead, it’s items that “in order for it to be an effective trainer for the Air Force, we need these things.”
>For example, Hunter said incentives could be used to boost the jet’s range.
>“What we’ve determined as part of our testing process is there’s actually significantly more range available, but it costs money to achieve that, and it’s not required by the contract,” he said. “So one of the things we want to incentivize Boeing is, ‘Hey, if you can make relatively simple changes and give us that additional range, we want it.’”
pros and cons to this approach
I strongly suspect however that the range issue mentioned here is a red herring to disguise enhancements such as future weapons and drone control training aids
just my speculation

Back | Go to board

Board:

/k/

Thread:

France goes with Pilatus PC-7 MKX and Uruguay gets super tucc'd…