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Boeing Starts Build of Simulator for U.S. Air Force Red Hawk Trainer

Boeing Starts Build of Simulator for U.S. Air Force Red Hawk Trainer
The Boeing T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft for the U.S. Air Force (Boeing Photo)

Boeing [BA] said on Dec. 1 that the company has begun building the ground based training system (GBTS) for the next generation training aircraft for the U.S. Air Force, which is to receive the first simulators in 2023. In September, U.S. Air Force Secretary Barbara Barrett named the Boeing and Saab Red Hawk training aircraft as the first system to carry the “e” prefix designating digitally engineered systems (Defense Daily, Sept. 14). The plane will now be known as the eT-7A, though…

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