PRIMARY AIRCRAFT TRAINER SYSTEM (PATS) ALTERNATIVES/REQUIREMENTS DEFINITION

THE ADVENT OF THE SPECIALIZED UNDERGRADUATE PILOT TRAINING SYSTEM (SUPT), AND THE AGE OF THE T-37 AIRCRAFT CURRENTLY USED IN USAF PRIMARY TRAINING, REQUIRE THAT DECISIONS BE MADE WHICH WILL MOVE THE TRAINING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY. THE AIRCRAFT MUST BE PART OF A TOTAL TRAINING SYSTEM THAT WILL INTERFACE WITH THE RECONNAISSANCEATTACK-FIGHTER TRAINING SYSTEM (RAFTS) AND THE TANKER-TRANSPORT TRAINING SYSTEM (TTTS). THE SUPT HAS NOT YET BEEN FULLY DEFINED. WHILE THERE IS AN URGENCY TO REPLACE/MODIFY THE T-37 AIRCRAFT FOR PATS, THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED TRAINING AIRCRAFT OF DIVERSE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE EVALUATED FOR THE REPLACEMENT ROLE. CRITERIA WILL BE DEVELOPED TO HELP COMPARE THESE CANDIDATES RATIONALLY. THE BIDDER'S DETAILED APPRECIATION OF ALL THE ELEMENTS OF A TRAINING SYSTEM AND HOW THEY CONTRIBUTE TO THE TRAINING PROCESS, ASSURES THE AIR FORCE OF VALUABLE SUPPORT TO THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS FOR PATS.