Article Posted on : - Aug 22, 2014

T-6C+ trainers. Photo: Beechcraft Corporation.

WICHITA, KANSAS (BNS): Beechcraft Corporation has delivered two Beechcraft T-6C+ military trainers ordered to the Mexican Navy Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR), as well as one King Air 350ER, the second of four on order, as part of the Mexican Navy's ongoing fixed-wing aircraft modernisation programme.

The newly delivered King Air is part of a four-aircraft contract signed earlier this year. The first King Air 350ER was delivered just a few months ago, and the remaining aircraft are expected to be delivered by early 2015.

In addition to the aircraft, both contracts with SEMAR include parts support as well as training for pilots and mechanics, according to Beechcraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Aviation Inc., a Textron Inc.

The T-6C+ features a hard-point wing, Heads-Up Display, Up-Front Control Panel, an integrated glass cockpit and an advanced Esterline CMC Cockpit 4000 avionics suite that greatly expands advanced training opportunities.

The systems are integrated with a Hands-On Throttle and Stick (HOTAS), providing the student pilot and instructor with a simpler interface to the digital cockpit. The open architecture design of the Cockpit 4000 provides the flexibility to expand capabilities and continuously meet current and future training needs, it said.

Military customers worldwide have selected the T-6, including the NATO Flying Training in Canada Programme, the Hellenic Air Force of Greece, the Israeli Air Force, the Iraqi Air Force, the Royal Moroccan Air Force, the Royal New Zealand Air Force, the Mexican Air Force and the Mexican Navy.