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The Amx Would Have To Be At The Top Of The Tree In Terms Of Capability, Performance And Cost. The Brazilian/Italian Consortium Is Apparently Offering A Down Spec Version Of The Two Seat Conversion Trainer Version Of Its Light Attack/Battlefield Support Fighter.
RAAF Gears Up for Lead-In Fighter Selection
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RAAF Aims For 1999 Delivery Of Lead-In Fighter
By Tom Muir. With the useful life of the RAAF’s MB-326 jet trainers unlikely to extend beyond the year 2000, the Air Force is taking no chances and wants initial deliveries of its replacement – the proposed Lead-In Fighter Aircraft – to be in service by no later than 1999. And because of the lead times involved in putting into production some of the more likely candidates for the task, the project’s year of decision (YOD) has been brought forward by a year to 1995-96, with September 1996 as the target date for contract signature. Following the release in July of Defence’s industry objectives for the acquisition, the project has now progressed with the release in September of an invitation to register interest (ITR), alerting industry to Air Force’s specific requirements for the new trainer. Project manager W/Cdr Stewart Cameron says the ITR will enable potential suppliers to gauge the suitability (or otherwise) of their designs for the Australian requirement and thus avoid unnecessary expense in proposing noncompliant solutions. More importantly it will enable the project office to assess the capabilities of the candidates – and their solutions – and prepare a shortlist of those to receive the formal request for tender (RFT) document in May or June next year. Cameron says a limited survey of local industry capabilities relevant to the Australian Industry Involvement (AII) requirements of the acquisition is currently underway. The results will be made available to those on the shortlist to help them develop their responses to the RFT.
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