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Air Force

Dwindling Field Of T-X Competitors Doesn’t Discourage Air Force’s Goldfein

Pat Host

Tuesday, February 7th, 2017

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Dwindling Field Of T-X Competitors Doesn’t Discourage Air Force’s Goldfein

Boeing's T-X aircraft offering, unveiled in St. Louis on Sept. 13. Photo: Boeing.

The Air Force’s top officer isn’t discouraged that a once hearty field of potential bidders for the Air Force’s next generation trainer has dwindled to two teams.Actually, service Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein is upbeat.“I think we could have predicted this,” Goldfein told reporters Tuesday at a Defense Writers Group (DWG) breakfast in Washington.Goldfein said the Air Force tried new acquisition approaches for the program to procure it’s next trainer, called T-X. He said the service opened up a…

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