News Review: L-3, Pacific Aerospace to provide Light Mobility Training Aircraft | ADM May 2010

1 May 2010

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

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," James Burkhardt, president of L-3 Platform Integration said.

"Our P-750 XSTOL has already proven itself in the most demanding operating environments on the planet, including UN World Food Programme 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," Damian Camp, CEO of Pacific Aerospace said.

L-3 Platform Integration is prime contractor for the C-27J Joint Cargo Aircraft.