Boeing T-7

Boeing T-7A Red Hawk
Two TX prototypes
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	Sweden  United States
Manufacturer:	Boeing Saab
First flight:	20th December 2016
Number of pieces:	2 prototypes

The Boeing / Saab T-7A Red Hawk (previously Boeing TX) is a single- engine trainer aircraft that is jointly developed by the Swedish Saab and American Boeing . The two manufacturers had been in negotiations for a joint development since 2010 and signed a contract in December 2013. With the trainer the two manufacturers took under the leadership of Boeing together on the TX program of the United States Air Force in part, where a successor to the Northrop T-38 was sought. The USAF plans to hire 350 new coaches. The initial operating capability is to be achieved in 2024 and the rate is expected to be 16.3 billion dollars . On September 27, 2018, the US Air Force announced Boeing as the winner of the TX program. The first flight took place on December 20, 2016 in St. Louis . On September 16, 2019 announced that the aircraft officially named T-7A Red Hawk has received, as a tribute to the Tuskegee Airmen called 332nd Fighter Group of the United States Army Air Forces .

Technical specifications

Parameters	Boeing TX
crew	2
length	14.15 m
span	10 m
height	4 m
Empty mass	3,250 kg
normal takeoff mass
Max. Takeoff mass	5,500 kg
Fuel capacity
g limits
Rolling ability
Top speed	1,300 km / h (702 kn )
Max. Service speed
Minimum speed
Service ceiling	15,240 m
Max. Climb performance	10,211 m / min
Use radius	1,840 km
Max. Gun load
Engine	a General Electric F404-402
Thrust	78.7 kN with afterburner
Thrust-to-weight ratio

Web links

Commons : Boeing T-7 Red Hawk  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• T-7 on Boeing's website
• T-7 on Saab's website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Boeing wins TX trainer competition. FlugRevue, September 28, 2018, accessed on September 28, 2018 . 
2. ↑ Boeing wins $ 9.2b TX trainer contract with USAF. FlightGlobal, September 27, 2018, accessed on September 28, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Boeing TX takes off for its maiden flight , accessed on January 6, 2018
4. ↑ Boeing TX Trainer Aircraft , accessed January 6, 2018
5. ↑ Boeing / Saab TX (English), accessed on January 6, 2018
6. ↑ Textron Backs Out Of USAF $ 16.3 Billion TX Trainer Competition , accessed January 6, 2017
7. ^ Valerie Insinna: This is the name of the Air Force's new training jet. September 17, 2019, Retrieved September 18, 2019 (American English). 
8. ↑ flightglobal , accessed on January 6, 2018
9. ↑ Boeing-Saab TX 5th Generation Advanced Jet Trainer Aircraft Prototype (United States ), accessed on January 6, 2018