MAKO69 186 Posted December 26, 2016 Boeing's new toy to train fighter pilots. Why not us T-45's it's already good to go. The US needs to use similar airframes for this shit, but this dirty girl has an afterburner! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sheriff 88 Posted December 26, 2016 Good point, Mako. Initially ( several years ago) Northrop was looking at a version of the F-5 for TX . They abandoned that and opted to team with BAE with an updated Hawk entry ( cousin to the T-45). I guess the contenders realized that a non-US only aircraft would be a non-starter and proceeded with a clean sheet design. TX competition gives Northrop Grumman and Lockheed a "home field advantage" in that they are teamed on F-35. Plus, Northrop Grumman was responsible for overall F-35 avionics systems architecture and Training Systems development . Plus they will be developing new bomber. Even if F-35 goes away, the near term options for USAF and Navy could include installing F-35 avionics and associated network enabled situation awareness capabilities into latest versions of the F-15 and F/A-18. Once again giving advantage to NG and LMCO. Too bad NG's entry looks like a toy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PFunk 198 Posted December 26, 2016 Boeing really hit one out of the park. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gepard 11,356 Posted December 26, 2016 Marcel Dassault said once: only a nice plane is a good plane. Boings T-X is ugly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
