The Government Accountability Office says there are likely more delays ahead for the T-7A trainer, and the Air Force should build a realistic plan for testing and fielding the jet that takes into account the concurrency of design, test, and production.
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Initial Operational Capability for the T-7A trainer has been pushed back from its original target of 2024 to 2027, Air Force acquisition executive Andrew Hunter reported. The setback stems from ejection seat issues that delayed the formal start of production. Hunter said the digital methods ...
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 ...
Formal developmental flight testing of the Boeing T-7A Red Hawk will likely get underway this summer, as recent ejection seat tests appear to have been resolved, company and USAF sources said. The developmental testing will support a Milestone C low-rate initial production decision in the ...
At least 20 new airplane programs—including a handful that are variants—are in some stage of planning or development. If sustained, this airplane-building campaign will lower the average age of the fleet, increase its size, and enhance its ability to be upgraded rapidly.
Boeing rolled out its first production T-7A advanced trainer at ceremonies in St. Louis, Mo., touting the jet's digital design and calling it the start of a new era of Air Force pilot training. The ceremonies were cloaked with tributes to the Tuskegee Airmen, as ...
Boeing's losses on the KC-46 tanker now add up to over $5.4 billion, as the company took an additional charge on the program of $406 million in the last quarter of 2021. The company chalked up the loss to continued resolution of the Remote Viewing ...
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A raft of strategy and posture reviews are coming in 2022 that will significantly shape the Air Force, even as the service is slated to make major strides on programs and conduct critical tests. The B-21 is expected to take to the air mid-year, and ...
Lockheed Martin will offer a variant of its T-50A in the competition to build the Air Force's new tactical fighter trainer rather than a clean-sheet design, the company said Dec. 14, insisting it will achieve “competitive pricing” with the aircraft. The jet was second in ...
