The Air Force has awarded $16 million to Raytheon for the company to continue providing logistics support for the T-6A Texan II Joint Primary Aircraft Training System ground-based training system. This marks the sixth straight option on this program for Raytheon, which began T-6A ground training at Moody AFB, Ga., in 2001. In addition to the state-of-the-art GBTS, Raytheon so far has delivered 335 of the 420 JPATS aircraft ordered by the Air Force and Navy. The total program calls for delivery of 800 T-6As by 2017.
The Next-Generation Air Dominance Fighter is Air Combat Command’s top priority, because without it, the Air Force can’t provide the control of the air the whole military depends on to operate, Air Combat Command chief Gen. Mark D. Kelly said. He also named a replacement for the E-3 AWACS, new…