Textron Aviation has delivered the first two out of up to 64 multi-engine training system (METS) Beechcraft King Air 260 aircraft contracted by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).
""The T-54A benefits from an active Beechcraft King Air assembly line in Wichita, Kansas, where all required METS avionics and interior modifications are installed on the line; keeping costs down, aircraft conformity consistent across the fleet and optimising the delivery schedule to the Navy,"" said Textron Aviation vice president special mission sales Bob Gibbs.
The aircraft will be known as the T-54A and will replace the chief of naval air training (CNATRA) fleet of T-44C Pegasus aircraft at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. The T-44 has been in service more than 40 years. A variant of the twin-engine and pressurised Beechcraft King Air 260, the T-54A will modernise the fleet and be more representative of follow-on fleet aircraft.
Textron Aviation begins deliveries of US Navy Beechcraft King Air 260 METS aircraft
