Boeing/Saab win USAF Trainer Contract with TX

[rampant]

Boeing are having a good month, first MQ-25, then MH139 and now TX

US Air Force awards $9B contract to Boeing for next training jet

 

[maguire]

looks like an F-18 and an Alpha Jet had kids.

 

[BugsyIV]

Nice looking machine

 

[redshift]

So it's a win for European companies too. Boeing-Saab for the trainer and Boeing - Leonardo for the 'copters.

 

[Raven2008]

Congrats to Boeing again - double whammy this week I I like their pormotional video back in March.

 

[redshift]

Congrats to Boeing again - double whammy this week I I like their pormotional video back in March.

Looks a bit meh. Like a 90s low budget promo produced by someone in HS.

 

[ThunderBox]

UK messed this one up, we should have made more of the Boeing / Goshawk relationship to get in on this but kudos to Saab, I hope we work with them on a rival European/Jap 6th Gen at the expense of Germany and France.

I always liked SAAB jets and a company and country who can produce the Grippen on their own deserves the kudos.

 

[Resasi]

It would be interesting to see if the Boeing T-X is also a suitable candidate for the Light Attack role that the US was recently looking at.

It would certainly be a twofer if it also meets those requirements. Having a production line for trainers that could also switch to light attack would be handy.

 

[Magic_Mushroom]

UK messed this one up, we should have made more of the Boeing / Goshawk relationship...

They did and for a while, the Hawk looked like it was the front runner and the USAF were especially impressed with the T2’s airborne emulation and synthetics; it would also have allowed parallel upgrades for the USN’s T-45Cs.

Unfortunately, the goalposts were shifted and a supersonic capability was suddenly added.

It would be interesting to see if the Boeing T-X is also a suitable candidate for the Light Attack role that the US was recently looking at...

I believe that ship has sailed the the USAF have effectively settled on a turboprop competition between the AT-6C and Super Tuc.

Regards,
MM

 

[Raven2008]

Anyhow production has started


cheers

 

[BugsyIV]

Good looking plane