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Defense Watch: T-X Market, P-8s To Europe

Defense Watch: T-X Market, P-8s To Europe
Boeing and Saab's T-X trainer aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. Photo: Boeing

T-X Market. Boeing officials see a potential for 2,600 new aircraft based off the company’s forthcoming T-X trainer jet worldwide, they told reporters in St. Louis this week. The Air Force is planning to request up to 475 T-X aircraft to replace its aging T-38s, but variants created for light strike or light attack purposes based on the clean-sheet designed platform could fill in, said Ted Torgerson, Boeing’s senior director of T-X program integration. “No one can compete with our…

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