Originally Posted by
DuckDodgers
I think we need to be clear with our terminology. Air USA, just like Top Aces, did indeed win a contract and were given $3MM on award back in October 2019. What NEITHER of them have is a Task Order for an Operating Location. The key difference is that Don Kirlin has not been able to raise the capital to a) actually acquire the jets (hence why he's trying to sell Hawk mk67s for ludicrous money), and b) (finally) realised that he'd also need to include costs for a CBR on them. Top Aces have drawdown on the $100MM in raised capital from Clairvest CEP IV, CDPQ, and other investors which has funded the Netz acquisition and so far an AAMS and AESA upgrade to a single A-4N, the radar for which is believed to be the EL/M-2052 with a tiny 300 TRM antenna.
Its interesting isn't it, DD, that there's much hype around the A-4N being fitted with the AESA, yet its a very limited press release and there's no meat on the bones of how many they're going to equip and what the expansion plan is. Similarly, Top Aces have gone quiet on what their expansion and operating plan is with the Netz. Kirlin, talked a good game, but I don't think it was ever going to work for him.