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Alenia Aermacchi In Discussions With New T-X Prime Partner

Pat Host

Friday, March 27th, 2015

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Alenia Aermacchi In Discussions With New T-X Prime Partner

Northrop Grumman dropped BAE Systems plc's Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer System (AJTS, shown here) in favor of a clean sheet approach for T-X. Photo: BAE Systems.

Finmeccanica’s Alenia Aermacchi is in talks with an unspecified new potential prime partner in its bid for the Air Force’s T-X trainer program, the company said Friday.Alenia’s former prime partner on T-X, General Dynamics [GD], said Thursday it would discontinue pursuing T-X as a prime contractor. The two companies were offering Alenia’s T-100.A General Dynamics Mission Systems spokesperson said Friday in an email General Dynamics Information Systems and Technology decided to discontinue its pursuit of T-X as a prime contractor…

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