:

Air Force

Lockheed Martin to Propose T-50A for Air Force Trainer Competition, Vetoes Clean Sheet Designs

Valerie Insinna

Thursday, February 11th, 2016

SHARE:

Lockheed Martin to Propose T-50A for Air Force Trainer Competition, Vetoes Clean Sheet Designs

The T-50A, which Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries will offer for the T-X competition.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] has cemented its plan for the Air Force’s T-X competition and will offer a modified version of the T-50 aircraft it produces with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) instead of a clean sheet design, company executives said Thursday.The company completed about 80 percent of detailed design work necessary for subsonic and supersonic training aircraft, but ultimately found it would not be able to meet the Air Force’s initial operational capability deadline of 2024 with a clean sheet plane,…

Congress

Wisconsin GOP Lawmakers Urge Trump Admin Support For Marines’ JLTV Second Supplier Effort

Wisconsin’s GOP congressional delegation is urging the Trump administration to support legislative language enabling the Marine Corps to potentially bring in a second Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) supplier. The […]

Congress

Senate’s CR Has Ship Construction Exemption, Forgoes White House’s Battleship, Munitions Requests

The Senate on Sunday released a bipartisan stopgap funding proposal to keep the government open through December 11, which would also secure additional funds to support ongoing shipbuilding efforts and […]

Congress

U.S. Fighter Fleet Will Expand By 2040 But More Stealth Aircraft Will Mean Less Availability, CBO Says

The number of fighter aircraft in the U.S. military inventory will decline over the next few years before expanding to a greater number than currently, but their availability for operational […]

Congress

White House Details ‘Concerns’ With Shipbuilding, Spaced-Based Interceptor Oversight In House’s NDAA

The White House has detailed “a number of concerns” with the newly-passed House version of the next defense policy bill, to include the legislation’s limits on procuring Navy ships built […]