대만 AIDC가 1984년부터 36대를 운용중인 비치크래프트 T-34C 멘토를 대체하기 위해 2033년 도입을 목표로 개발중인 기본훈련기의 1차 설계가 완료됐다고 1월 10일 발표했습니다. 자금 요청이 승인된다면 3년 안에 첫 비행, 6년 안에 양산을 할 수 있다고 하네요.
엔진은 출력 1,600마력의 PW PT6A-68B 터보프롭이라고 합니다.
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/taiwans-aidc-develops-new-trainer-aircraft/
Taiwan's AIDC develops new trainer aircraft
10 JANUARY 2024
by Akhil Kadidal
Taiwan's AIDC's new basic trainer aircraft programme – the design for which is pictured above – aims to compete to replace the RoCAF's Beechcraft T-34C aircraft by the early 2030s. (AIDC)
Taiwan's Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) has completed the first stage-design of a new basic trainer aircraft, the company announced on 10 January.
The basic trainer – which AIDC plans to introduce into the Republic of China Air Force (RoCAF) by 2033 – aims to replace the service's 36 Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor trainer aircraft, which have been in service since 1984.
AIDC said it is seeking government approval and funding to continue the programme. “If the government can [support] the ... project, AIDC will be able to start the second phase of detailed design, with the first flight in three years and mass production starting in six years,” the company said. It added, “This can meet the [RoCAF's] demand for a basic [trainer] replacement in 2033.”
In a document provided to Janes by AIDC, the company said the new basic trainer will be powered by the Pratt & Whitney PT6A-68B free-turbine turboprop engine, which has a rating of 1,193 kW (1,600 shp).