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T-X Aircraft Competition


United States Air Force | Aircraft

The lucrative USAF T-X advanced jet trainer replacement program is heating up, with several major and minor contenders of note.

The United States Air Force (USAF) is actively looking for a successor to its storied line of Northrop T-38 advanced trainer aircraft. Front-runners in the bid, which is currently valued at $16.3 billion and covers a total of 350 aircraft, are Lockheed Martin and Boeing of the United States and Leonardo of Italy. Lockheed Martin is pushing its T-50A which is based on the T-50 developed for the South Korean Air Force. The Boeing entry, the BTX, is a clean-sheet design developed in cooperation with Sweden's Saab. Leonardo, consisdered the long-shot of the trio, is offering its market-proven T-100. All three aircraft would see final assembly in the United States though all would require some components to be shipped from overseas (South Korea, Sweden and Italy). Initial Operating Capability is set for 2024.

Northrop Grumman removed itself from the competition in February of 2017.

September 27th, 2018: The United States has officially announced a $9 billion USN deal with Boeing (Boeing-Saab Team) to make its T-X proposal the next advanced trainer of the service.

There are a total of [ 5 ] T-X Aircraft Competition entries in the Military Factory. Entries are listed below in alphanumeric order (1-to-Z). Flag images indicative of country of origin and not necessarily the primary operator.




1
Picture of the Boeing-Saab T-7 Red Hawk (eT-7A)
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2023
Boeing-Saab T-7 Red Hawk (eT-7A)
5th Generation Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft
2
Picture of the KAI T-50 / FA-50 Golden Eagle
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2005
KAI T-50 / FA-50 Golden Eagle
Advanced Jet Trainer / Light Attack Aircraft
3
Picture of the Leonardo M-346 Master
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2016
Leonardo M-346 Master
Advanced Jet Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft
4
Picture of the Northrop Grumman T-X (Model 400)
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2017
Northrop Grumman T-X (Model 400)
5th Generation Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft Proposal
5
Picture of the Stavatti Javelin T-X
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2017
Stavatti Javelin T-X
Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft Prototype
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