Northrop Grumman drops Hawk for $1bn T-X programme, designs new training solution from scratch
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Northrop Grumman has chosen to cease work on the BAE Systems Hawk platform for the highly coveted U.S. Air Force T-X jet trainer programme. It will instead focus on a new design, which is already in production and will reportedly fly later this year.
The move, which Aviation Week broke last week, came as a surprise to many industry analysts due to the level investment required by Northrop at this relatively advanced stage of prototyping and testing. The company has been hawk...
