Slater Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 Since, by all accounts, they had a prototype designed and built, this seems like a curious decision. Especially considering the obscenely expensive nature of building a new aircraft from scratch nowadays. http://news.northropgrumman.com/news/releases/northrop-grumman-and-bae-systems-statement-on-the-t-x-trainer-program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 1, 2017 Share Posted February 1, 2017 They had a concept prototype, presumably they decided it wasn't going to meet the requirements Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 My initial thought is that they have decided the commercial terms (i.e. the US government's "acquisition strategy") are not what they want to get in to as businesses. Whilst carefully treading around recent political announcements, it seems likely that the invitation to tender prescribes how the customer intends to pay (or not, as the case may be) 15 year old Ford Fiesta money for a brand new Rolls Royce product and aftercare service and Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems and considered it, and concluded that the contract would be a poisoned chalice for them if they won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slater Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 The Raytheon/Leonardo team just broke up, with Raytheon withdrawing due to disagreements with Leonardo over pricing. It remains to be seen if the Italians will go it alone with their "T-100" offering. Some observers are giving the SAAB/Boeing team the edge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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