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Why USAF’s New T-7 Trainer Won’t Start Production for 2 More Years

April 14, 2023 | By John A. Tirpak
The Boeing T-7 Red Hawk advanced trainer won't be ready for a low-rate initial production decision until February 2025—six and a half years after Boeing won the initial contract in 2018. The new date for the "Milestone C" initial production decision is as much as ...

F-35 Full-Rate Still Months Away, But Won’t Signal Production Surge

March 17, 2021 | By John A. Tirpak
A Pentagon declaration that the F-35's initial development is complete is still months away, but even when it comes, it won't trigger a surge in production of the fighter. “I don’t think you’ll see a large deviation” in production when full-rate is declared, according to ...
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