SM-72 DEPLOYMENT & SERVICE

SERVICE ENTRY

The SM-72 Tactical Transport is a new aircraft concept presently under development with the first production aircraft scheduled to enter Initial Operational Capability (IOC) between 2014 and 2016. As the SM-72 is not in production and is not presently in service with any Air Forces, allied or domestic. For more information regarding SM-72 production schedules, availability and flyaway cost, please visit the Pricing & Availability page or contact Stavatti.

POTENTIAL END-USERS

The SM-72 tactical transport is designed to satisfy the anticipated needs of the tactical airlift market including over 50 customer nations worldwide. There are presently over 2,300 active tactical airlifters in-service worldwide. The SM-72 program is focused upon replacing these 2,300 aircraft over the next 30 to 40 years. The average age of these 2,300 aircraft is 27 years with most nations operating legacy platforms that were produced in the 1960s and ‘70s, including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules.

The C-130 has been by far one of the most successful programs with approximately 514 aircraft currently in-service with the USAF including 186 aircraft on active duty, 222 in the USANG and 106 in the USAF Reserve. Intended as a dedicated C-130 successor, the SM-72 will face limited competition from the C-130J model as it remains in production over the next ten years.







	SERVICE ENTRY The SM-72 Tactical Transport is a new aircraft concept presently under development with the first production aircraft scheduled to enter Initial Operational Capability (IOC) between 2014 and 2016. As the SM-72 is not in production and is not presently in service with any Air Forces, allied or domestic. For more information regarding SM-72 production schedules, availability and flyaway cost, please visit the Pricing & Availability page or contact Stavatti. POTENTIAL END-USERS The SM-72 tactical transport is designed to satisfy the anticipated needs of the tactical airlift market including over 50 customer nations worldwide. There are presently over 2,300 active tactical airlifters in-service worldwide. The SM-72 program is focused upon replacing these 2,300 aircraft over the next 30 to 40 years. The average age of these 2,300 aircraft is 27 years with most nations operating legacy platforms that were produced in the 1960s and ‘70s, including the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The C-130 has been by far one of the most successful programs with approximately 514 aircraft currently in-service with the USAF including 186 aircraft on active duty, 222 in the USANG and 106 in the USAF Reserve. Intended as a dedicated C-130 successor, the SM-72 will face limited competition from the C-130J model as it remains in production over the next ten years.






		A principal competitor to the SM-72, the airbus A400M is intended to produce of no less than 192 aircraft for ten member nations including Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, South Africa, Turkey and the United Kingdom with deliveries beginning in 2009 and continuing through 2025. Presently under development, the A400M will be slightly larger than the SM-72 and will be offered at a greater flyaway cost. A product of the European Union, the SM-72 is perceived as a credible alternative to the Airbus in satisfaction of U.S. domestic tactical airlift requirements on the basis of flyaway an total lifetime operating costs, performance and capabilities and domestic U.S. production. Other competitors to the SM-72 on the global market include the Ukrainian built Antonov An-70 (which first flew in 1994 and has not yet entered production), the EADS CASA C-295/C-235 (which first flew in 1983 with over 250 delivered to date) and the Alenia/L-3/Lockheed Martin C-27J Spartan (which first flew as the Alenia G.222 in 1970 with over 130 delivered to date).





RESPONDING TO REQUIREMENTS Stavatti Military Aerospace has engaged in active discussions with specific potential customers and has submitted information packages/proposals regarding the SM-72 Tactical Transport in response to specific customer Requests For Information (RFIs) and Requests For Proposals (RFPs). Stavatti considers all information packages/proposals submitted in response to RFIs/RFPs to be proprietary and regards the acknowledgement of our response to particular RFIs/RFPs to be competition sensitive information. RFIs/RFPs to which Stavatti has responded to involving the SM-72 which we publicly acknowledge include: Statement Of Capabilities Request For Information (RFI) PIXS4121: Combat Rescue Tanker (CRT) Market Research Between October 17th and November 3rd 2005, Stavatti performed SM-70 and SM-71 conceptual design activities and submitted the requested Statement of Capabilities to the AFSOC PIXS4121 program office located at HQ AFSOC/A5RM at Hurlburt Field, Fla., on 4 November 2005. Between November 2005 and February 2006, Stavatti Military Aerospace identified the SM-71 as the Best-of-Breed solution to satisfy CRT requirements and completed SM-71 conceptual design and began SM-71 advanced design. On Friday, 24 February 2006 Stavatti Military Aerospace submitted a concept technical data release to HQ AFSOC/A5RM in response to RFI solicitation number PIXS4218: Combat Rescue Tanker (Advanced Concepts) Market Research. This response consisted of descriptive technical data relating to the SM-71 Advanced CRT. The SM-71 was the predecessor to the SM-72.