The Clone Air Force has announced a new version of its COIN backbone aircraft the K85 Browning. The K85NTM will be the last version of the third generation NT series before the introduction of the all-electric QA in the next decade. Around 190 NTMs will be built over the next few years replacing older aircraft.
The NTM includes an improved datalinking facility and battlespace integration with unmanned aerial assets. The laser designator has been improved and the weapon operator's console redesigned. The NTM also has an improved more efficient and sonically quieter propeller which has been designed for the QA but its been decided to use it on the NTM (and maybe retrofitted to other NTs). Production will switch to NTM once the current batch of NIKs has been completed later in the year.
