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Leonardo To Compete For Air Force T-X Trainer

By Marc Selinger

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017

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Leonardo To Compete For Air Force T-X Trainer

The T-100 trainer jet. (Photo courtesy of Leonardo DRS)

Italy’s Leonardo announced Feb. 8 that it plans to join the field of companies competing to develop and build the U.S. Air Force’s T-X trainer jet.Leonardo will offer its T-100 jet with its United States company, Leonardo DRS, as the prime contractor. The T-100 is based on the M-346 aircraft, which entered service in Israel, Italy and Singapore a few years ago and is also being acquired by Poland.Mauro Moretti, Leonardo’s chief executive officer and general manager, touted his company’s…

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