SASC authorizes $1.2 billion for OA-X

U.S. Senators sitting in the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) has recommended giving the Pentagon $1.2 billion to kickstart the light attack aircraft – OA-X – program.

Super Tucano at Moody
By USA Air Force [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

There is no program of record by the U.S. Air Force for a light attack aircraft and the service is running an experiment this month to gather data.