Originally Posted by
Jackonicko
That's why the present OA-X assessment is so puzzling - after sensibly and clear-sightedly narrowing down to a turboprop solution and a 3,000 ft max take off distance in the original OA-X Enabling Concept document in 2008-ish, they're suddenly talking about jets and a 6,000 ft take off for the soon-to-begin evaluation at Holloman.
Perhaps it's as simple as the 'made in America' principle being applied.
Or are they looking at TX derivatives?