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General Dynamics, Alenia Aermacchi Teaming For Air Force’s T-X Trainer Program

Friday, January 18th, 2013

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General Dynamics [GD] and Finmeccanica’s Alenia Aermacchi is the latest team to declare its bid for the Air Force’s T-X trainer jet program, according to a General Dynamics statement. The duo, which made their announcement yesterday, will offer a fully-integrated advanced pilot training system built around Alenia’s T-100, a market variant of the company’s M-346 military aircraft trainer. As the prime contractor, General Dynamics will bring experience in systems integration and subcontract management to deliver an Advanced Pilot Training (APT)…

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Congress

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Congress

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