L-3 Teams With Pacific Aerospace To Provide Light Mobility Training Aircraft

L-3 Platform Integration has teamed with Pacific Aerospace Ltd (PAL) of New Zealand to provide light mobility trainer aircraft to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) for use by the Afghanistan Air Force.

P-750 SXTOL File Photo

The companies plan to offer a variant of the P-750 Extremely Short Take-Off and Landing (XSTOL) produced by PAL for the USAF Light Mobility Aircraft (LiMA) competition. This multi-use platform can be used for passengers, utility, cargo, surveillance, agricultural projects and firefighting.

"Our team combines the versatility and power of the P-750 XSTOL with L-3's military systems integration experience, training and integrated logistics support capability," said James Burkhardt, president of L-3 Platform Integration. "The L-3 and PAL team delivers tremendous value without sacrificing performance."

P-750 XSTOL File Photo

"Our P-750 XSTOL has already proven itself in the most demanding operating environments on the planet, including UN World Food Program work in Chad, Sudan and Nepal; humanitarian work in the highlands of Papua New Guinea; and aerial survey work in the Australian outback and the freezing extremes of Alaska.  No other aircraft comes close to the performance, ruggedness and reliability of the P-750 XSTOL," said Damian Camp, chief executive officer of Pacific Aerospace.

FMI: www.aerospace.co.nz, www.l-3com.com