高教機的另一選擇 ??

k20011220

Northrop Developing New Design for T-X

WASHINGTON — Northrop Grumman has decided to produce a new, clean-sheet design for the US Air Force's T-X trainer replacement competition, the company tells Defense News.

The move is an about-face after four years of offering an off-the-shelf design in the form of BAE's Hawk training system.

The decision to switch from a well-known system to a new design began germinating two years ago, as the Air Force started making the requirements for T-X more clear to industry, said Marc Lindsley, Northrop's T-X program director.

During that time, the company was still planning to offer the Hawk. In recent months, however, the company decided a new design would best meet the technical and affordability requirements.

Northrop informed the Air Force of its plan "a few" months back, Lindsley said, adding that there was no specific requirement that drove the decision but rather an "aggregate" of inputs from the service

"[After] the open dialogue with industry, the understanding [of what] the requirements and capabilities are, and what the costs are of those requirements, we have an opportunity with this clean-sheet design to give them exactly what they want, and that's what we want to do," Lindsley said.

The new design is in the assembly stage, with a first flight expected sometime this year. Northrop declined to give a more detailed timetable on when that would be, but companies always like to make a splash around either the Paris Air Show in June or the Air Force Association's annual convention in September.

The T-X program is intended to replace the Air Force's fleet of T-38 training aircraft with a more highly advanced jet capable of training pilots for use in fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 and F-35. The service plans on issuing an RFP on the program in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, with a projected contract award in the fall of 2017.

The service signaled its intention to move ahead with T-X in its fiscal 2016 budget request, which earmarked $11.4 million for research-and-development funding. That number escalates to $12.2 million in fiscal 2017, then jumps up to $107.2 million in 2018, $262.8 million in 2019 and $275.9 million in 2020.

Until Northrop's announcement, the only clean-sheet design expected in the T-X competition was from a team of Boeing and Saab. The new designs will go up against a pair of legacy trainers in the form of Lockheed Martin's offering of Korean Aerospace Industries' T-50, and the T-100, a collaboration between General Dynamics and Italy's Alenia Aermacchi based on the latter's M-346 design. Textron AirLand is also planning to enter a trainer variant of its new Scorpion jet in the competition.

http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/training-simulation/2015/02/06/northrop-tx-new-design-usaf-hawk-trainer-bae-l3/22939343/

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美軍新式高級教練機的採購案, 投下另一變數
目前最熱門的就是洛馬與南朝鮮合作的 AT 50

老牌戰機製造商 Northrop 也不甘寂寞, 決定設計一新款高教機參加這一計畫

對我們而言, 未嘗不是多一個選項 ?

Northrop 與我們的關係可說是極其密切

AT 3 的發展, 背後也能看到 Northrop 的影子
更不用說早期 F 5E 在我國內的生產線
IDF 的射控, 雷達等電戰系統許多都來自 Northrop F 5G ( F 20 )
如果與 Italy 洽談不順利
國內對於 AT 50 反彈聲浪不小

Northrop 這款新的高級教練機, 也有可能是我們的另一選項

香菇成

非常期待我國新一代教練機的加入

cat8125900

Northrop 的高級教練機,真希望能早日推出。
當然~
最希望的當然就是牛肉的部份要多,湯多味美的
教練機就是我國所期待的。

860796

官憭.傭金.政治影響到最後終跟期望差很多

k20011220

目前應該還是 M 346 佔上風....
但歐洲一向對我們不友善...

也許, 只是也許, 我們能有另一個選項.........

pefg5252

M346不是有新聞說 不賣 因為他也能改成攻擊機 這樣就不算 純 教練機了 要買緯國號不如自己做 就算成本高也支持 再不做些東西出來我國的航空工業真的要不保了 眼光要放遠一點 別學政客只會屁 天佑中華民國