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Air Force

USAF Plans Roll-Out of T-7A Red Hawk Next Week

Frank Wolfe

Thursday, April 21st, 2022

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USAF Plans Roll-Out of T-7A Red Hawk Next Week

Boeing T-7A Red Hawk flight test engineer Jordan Becker examines the skin of a new eT-7A Red Hawk last year as it begins its journey through the St. Louis production line (Boeing Photo)

The U.S. Air Force is planning to roll out its digitally engineered T-7A Red Hawk trainer in St. Louis next week. Boeing [BA] and Sweden's Saab are the prime contractors on the plane, while Elbit Systems of America--a subsidiary of Israel’s Elbit Systems [ESLT]--builds the aircraft's cockpit and embedded training system. The T-7A test program achieved its 400th test flight in January and has been sharing the flight test data between Boeing personnel in St. Louis and program officials at…

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