Boeing [BA] on Apr. 28 said that it unveiled the first T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase at the company's St. Louis plant. The company plans to build 351 T-7As for the U.S. Air Force to replace the 1960s-era Northrop T-38 Talon. "The fully digitally designed [T-7A] aircraft was built and tested using advanced manufacturing, agile software development and digital engineering technology significantly reducing the time from design to first flight," Boeing said. "The…
