How important (inaudible) turbo prop versus a turbo fan engine?
I have to say that if you looked at the source selection criteria we had laid out in the RFP, technical was really the most important factor that we had there, followed by manufacturing, cost, logistics support, management, and scheduling. We very carefully, as Jack has pointed out, evaluated each one of the candidate aircraft. As a part of the source selection, we flew 13 sorties with each one of the candidate aircraft. We laid out what those sorties would be, and then measured the results of those sorties against the evaluation criterion. As it so happens, two of the candidate aircraft that were part of the competition — one of them was Beech, which was a turbo prop, as well as Northrop, who also offered a turbo prop. Q: What’s the U.S. content of the airplane that will finally be delivered? A: Basically, the RFP requirement was that 50 percent was basically under the Buy America Act, would have to be built in this country. When you look at the final source selection decision, basic
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