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Thursday, May 19, 2011

AT-6 Seen As Versatile Combat Aircraft


The turboprop-powered T-6 Texan II began life as a trainer and then morphed into the AT-6 light attack aircraft for the Greek air force.

Now, as the AT-6B/C, it is promising to become an inexpensive path to network-centric operations, precision strike and advanced surveillance for other air forces.

Nor is there a foreseeable end to the development potential envisioned for the two-seater.

It offers 1,600 shp, 5-6-hr. endurance and an A-10C cockpit\u2014a combination that\u2019s being created by the team of Hawker Beechcraft and Lockheed Martin.

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