MS-Raytheon to show new trainer

There’s likely going to be some competition for the Air Force’s contract to supply 350 new jet-trainers by 2017: Lockheed’s T-50A, Boeing/Saab’s T-X, Northrop Grumman’s Model 400, and Raytheon/Leonardo’s T-100. Lockheed expects the AF to release a final Request for Proposal by year’s end which will start a 90-day clock for bidders. The AF evaluation could take months. The proposed bidders are pursuing different strategies for promoting their products. Raytheon will host its first public event Dec. 12 on the site of a greenfield factory in Meridian, Miss. (Source: Flight Global 12/08/16)