PENTAGON PICKS PC-9 DERIVATIVE TURBOPROP FOR UNDERGRADUATE FLIGHT TRAINER; SUCCESSFUL BID FOR $7 BILLION CONTRACT EXTENDS BEECH WINNING STREAK

The Defense Department will buy more than 700 turboprop trainers from Raytheon Aircraft Corp. over the next 20 years to satisfy its undergraduate flight training requirements well into the next century, Pentagon officials announced Thursday. The selection of the Beech MkII, a design based on the...

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