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BAE Systems announced today its intention to pursue the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Pilot Training Family of Systems, more commonly known as the T-X project, which is intended to replace the aging T-38 system and train fifth-generation pilots. The company intends to pursue the T-X program with its Hawk Advanced Training System, currently in use by the Royal Air Force and in more than 18 countries, with a ...
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L-3 Link Simulation & Training has been tapped to provide the first three UH-60M Blackhawk helicopter Operational Flight Trainers (OFTs) for the U.S. Army’s Flight School XXI program at Fort Rucker, Ala. The ...
The U.S. Air Force has purchased 53 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses for its F-16 full-mission simulators at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., MetaVR announced. The VRSG software will replace Presagis Lyra-based ...
 

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Conventional wisdom would say this is a terrible time for the U.S. Air Force to launch a new aircraft acquisition program. With Pentagon budgets expected to tighten to put a stranglehold on spending, it will be a major accomplishment if the service manages to hold on to existing fleet modernization ...
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