
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…