• About
    • Mission
    • Biographical Information
    • Contact Us
  • Defense
  • Energy
  • Logistics
  • Innovation
  • In the News
  • Follow
  • Like
  • Linkedin
  • Youtube
May 24, 2018Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

← Back
← Previous Post
Next Post →

Boeing Makes Its Case For Building The Air Force’s Hotly Contested T-X Trainer (From Forbes)

May 24, 2018Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D

The Air Force desperately needs a replacement for its 50-year-old T-38 training jets, which no longer are capable of adequately preparing pilots to fly frontline fighters.  The service is running a competition called T-X to find that replacement, and one of the three industry teams competing for the prize is led by Boeing.  Boeing’s biggest challenge in the competition is to differentiate its solution — which includes ground training equipment such as simulators — from the offerings of the other teams.  It began that process by deciding to offer a clean-sheet aircraft design rather than a modified off-the-shelf plane.  But there are other things Boeing then had to do, and it will not know whether those moves were adequate until the Air Force announces who won the T-X competition this summer.  I have written a commentary for Forbes here.

Print | PDF | EMail

Find Archived Articles:

This entry was posted in Defense. Bookmark the permalink.
Sign Up For
LexNext Emails
1600 Wilson Boulevard - Suite 203
Arlington, VA 22209 USA
Phone: 703.522.5828
Fax: 703.522.5837
© 2023 Lexington Institute

Sign Up for LexNext Emails

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.

Sign Up for LexNext Emails

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.