Air Force taking 'incremental' approach to T-7 milestone C decision

By Vanessa Montalbano / August 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The Air Force is planning to approve low-rate initial production for its T-7 Red Hawk trainers on an incremental basis as it deals with long-term developmental delays, according to Kevin Stamey, the Air Force's program executive officer for mobility and training aircraft. “We’re not committing to an entire, large LRIP buy,” he said during the Life Cycle Industry Days conference in Dayton, OH last month. “We slipped milestone C to May of [20]25, and that was our decision based on...

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