Hawker Beechcraft sues U.S. over USAF’s Light Air Support competition

Hawker Beechcraft has filed a suite against the U.S. government in a bid to get its AT-6 aircraft back into the U.S. Air Force’s Light Air Support (LAS) competition.

Hawker had been competing with Embraer to sell 20 light-attack/advanced-trainer aircraft to the Afghan air force.

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