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Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, January 16th, 2025

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Congressional Appropriators Will Likely Have to Change T-7A Provisions, Given Production Decision Delay

Pictured is a T-7A Red Hawk test trainer at the Boeing aircraft delivery center in St. Louis, Mo. last June 22nd (Boeing Photo)

While the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act and both the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2025 defense appropriations bill approved Air Force funding for seven low-rate initial production (LRIP) Boeing [BA] T-7A Red Hawk trainers, the service is pushing back its Milestone C LRIP decision--initially scheduled for this May--until next year. The Air Force has heralded the Red Hawk as its first digitally designed plane and had expected the delivery of the LRIP planes by April next…

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