Poland Advanced Jet Trainer
The bids are in. Poland opens the tenders for their AJT competition, and reveals the amounts of the bids. Only Alenia Aermacchi fell within the PZL 1.2 billion ($387.5 million) budgeted, but the contract also considers lifetime operating costs and performance. In descending order:
- Lockheed Martin UK (T-50) PZL 1,802,757,431 / $582.16 million
- BAE Systems (Hawk Mk.128) PZL 1,754,006,167 / $566.42 million
- Alenia Aermacchi (M-346) PZL 1,167,754,500 / $377.1 million
