Tag: T-X program
The U.S. Air Force required up to 475 T-X advanced trainer aircraft and the numbers do not include replacing the T-38 in the Aggressor and companion trainer roles. William Torgerson, senior director of T-X
program, at its factory tour for the media at Boeing’s St. Louis that the
aerospace giant sees a potential market for...
KAI didn’t provide its own bidding price for its T-50 supersonic jet. However the company’s share lost 29.8 percent after the winner of the T-X contract was announced. A Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) spokesperson confirmed to The Korea Times that Boeing’s bid for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition was “unbeatably low.” Actually the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has selected Boeing over...
Boeing beat out Lockheed, which was offering a modified version of its T-50 training jet developed jointly with KAI and also beat Italy’s Leonardo, which offered the T-100 According to Reuters, Boeing was selected to build the U.S. Air Force’s next training jet in a contract worth up to $9.2 billion over the life of the program, the service said...
If the Lockheed-KAI consortium wins the T-X competition, it will supply 350 T-50A aircraft to the U.S. military The Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) consortium has submitted their final proposal for the U.S. Air Force’s T-X competition on Aug. 15. The T-X program aims to replace the Northrop T-38 advanced jet trainer with a new platform. Both companies are offering the...
Lockheed Martin and KAI would need to ensure that the T-50 could be qualified to land on a carrier deck Orlando Carvalho, Lockheed Martin’s executive vice president of its aeronautics division, told Defense News that his company might offer the T-50A to the U.S. Navy as a replacement for the T-45 if it fails to win the U.S. Air Force’s...
The T-50B veered off the runway while taking-off to perform on the first day of the Singapore Airshow 2018 The Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) has completed its investigation into the Black Eagles display team incident in Singapore on Feb. 6 and concluded that pilot error was the cause. “We concluded that the accident was attributed to the pilot’s failure...
The Mk18 for KF-X is a similar seat to the one currently in competition for the USAF new trainer jet, the T-X Martin-Baker’s Mk18 ejection seat has been selected by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the KF-X fighter program. The selection of the Mk18 seat continues a long history of partnership between Martin-Baker and KAI, that started with their KT-1, followed...
Pilot shortage in the U.S. Air Force has been well documented, but the U.S. isn’t the only member of NATO looking for more people to fill seats Pilot shortage in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has been well documented, but the U.S. isn’t the only member of NATO looking for more people to fill seats. As explained by John Ingle, 82nd...
The first T-X aircraft will arrive in Texas in 2022 On Feb. 21, 2018 the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has selected Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, as the preferred location for the first T-X unit. The T-X program aims to replace the Northrop T-38 advanced jet trainer with a new platform. According to the U.S. Air Force press release the first aircraft...
Lockheed Martin’s T-50A (TX-2) recently achieved a major milestone reaching the 100 flight mark in Greenville, South Carolina Lockheed Martin T-50A recently achieved a new milestone as the aircraft flew its 100th sortie at the Greenville, South Carolina, facility. This flight continues to demonstrate the company's low-risk, Ready Now approach to the Advanced Pilot Training (APT) competition Lockheed Martin said in...
