Now, they’ ve created a one-pilot scenario because it is easier for customers to get to missions sooner. They added,“ However, we mechanized the aircraft to fly with just one pilot so our Air National Guard teammates could get to work immediately with the aircraft as the USAF continued to evaluate their manning and mission sets.”
The aircraft’ s production is at 1.5 per month now but will increase to two per month soon. Modernization is critical to the program, and staying on trend through an open mission system will allow new software rollouts faster.“ This will allow us to iterate software quickly to meet the customer’ s needs and adapt to the rapidly changing software environment,” Novotny added.
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