The Air Force has released a request for proposals for its next-generation trainer -- a $16.3 billion development effort with options to build up to 350 aircraft capable of training a fifth-generation fighter fleet. The Pentagon approved an acquisition decision memorandum for the T-X program Dec. 5 and Friday's RFP includes not only the aircraft but the training and mission planning and processing platforms that will make up the advanced pilot training family of systems. In a Dec. 30 statement,...
