"facw" (facw)
09/28/2018 at 01:03 • Filed to: Planelopnik, USAF, Boeing, SAAB, T-X
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More specifically, they have awarded $9.2B (and probably a lot more to come) to the Boeing/Saab team to develop and build new trainers to replace the long-serving T-38. The main competitor was the Lockheed/KAI T-50, which was a more mature choice. The Boeing/Saab T-X was purpose-built for this competition.
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OPPOsaurus WRX
> facw
09/28/2018 at 07:47 |
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the best part of them winning that contract:
Section 25, Paragraph 6:
GM to revive and restart production of the SAAB 9-3
Maxima Speed
> facw
09/28/2018 at 08:54 |
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I like it
Milky
> OPPOsaurus WRX
09/28/2018 at 09:15 |
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I know its a joke but the 9-3 body has been sold off to a Chinese company. The 9-5 is the better looking / more recent one that died too soon :(
ttyymmnn
> facw
10/10/2018 at 14:16 |
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Apparently, the only reason Boeing can give the DoD such a good rate is that their business is propped up by airline sales.
Grindintosecond
> facw
12/01/2018 at 12:04 |
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Nice trainer. At max takeoff weight it still has 5,500 pounds more thrust than weight. Vertical acceleration anyone? Sounds like enough to really screw up someone’s orientation . Perfect.