Firms that were publicly competing for the contract included Boeing, Lockheed and Leonardo, but it was said Sierra Nevada Corp. While the original service cost estimate for the T-X replacement program was $19.7 billion, the Air Force in 2016 announced a $16 billion competition to build the aircraft. Northrop had been in the running early on - also with a brand-new design - but withdrew from the competition in early 2017.īoeing's jet offers a twin-canted, vertical tail design, mimicking fourth- and fifth-generation fighter jets such as the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and F/A-18 Hornet. The Chicago-based company, collaborating with Saab, competed with a new, clean-sheet design against Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries, which proposed a variant of KAI's T-50 and Leonardo DRS' T-100 modified jet design. "We want to turn out an aviator that's better prepared to go into their follow-on fight," Bunch said.īoeing unveiled its sleek T-X trainer jet during a ceremony at its St. In the T-38, he added, training is limited because "of the legacy system." These factors "would help us later on with how we train the pilots," Bunch said Thursday. We expect T-X to be a franchise program for much of this century."īunch said there were certain aircraft attributes the Air Force valued and looked for in a proposal: higher angle-of-attack, and the ability to withstand greater levels of G-force, among others. "It is a direct result of our joint investment in developing a system centered on the unique requirements of the U.S. "Today's announcement is the culmination of years of unwavering focus by the Boeing and Saab team," said Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security, in a release. And last month, the Navy selected the firm to build its first operational carrier-based MQ-25 tanker drone. The Air Force this week also selected the company to build the replacement for its UH-1N Huey helicopter, at a cost of approximately $2.38 billion. The announcement marks the third major contract in recent weeks for Boeing, the U.S.' largest aerospace firm. "Overall, our assessment was Boeing had the proposal that was best value." "We have a very deliberate process to evaluate risk, cost and technical factors in the program. All Education and Training Command bases that currently have a T-38 program will transition to the Boeing model. The first T-X aircraft and simulators are scheduled to arrive at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in 2023. The Air Force wants to buy the new jets to replace its current Northrop Grumman-made T-38 Talon trainers, at a time when the service is struggling to replenish its fighter pilot ranks. Arnold Bunch, the Air Force's military deputy for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Acquisition at the Pentagon.īunch, alongside Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Will Roper, briefed reporters at the Pentagon Thursday following the award announcement. "We used and scored and conducted the source selection on all of the documents, and everything in the request for proposal that we communicated to industry, and that the awardee," said Lt. T-X Trainer Is Coming But What About Light Attack?Īir Force officials said Thursday they are confident Boeing will deliver what the service requires, even at a lower price ceiling than originally discussed.Is the Air Force's T-X Program in Limbo?.
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