The Air Force is delaying production of the T-X advanced jet trainer, its acquisition executive said yesterday. Air Force Service Acquisition Executive David Van Buren told an audience at an Aviation Week conference in Arlington, Va., that the decision was a function of “need over time.” “T-X has been pushed further to the right, a function of need over time and the fact that we can’t embark on that as soon as perhaps some people would like,” Van Buren said.…
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