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2026

21 July

ReleaseBAE Systems, Boeing and Saab formalise partnership to develop UK's next generation pilot training

2025

18 November

ReleaseSaab, Boeing and BAE Systems to collaborate on Next-Gen pilot training

2024

1 May

T-7A APT-3 completed the climate chamber testing with the U.S. Air Force and returned to Boeing St. Louis for continued testing.

T-7A Red Hawk passes three key testing milestones

Boeing is also building a new production line for low-rate initial production, aiming to load the first forward and aft fuselages for LRIP mid-year as suppliers are already underway developing parts for production.

2023

13 September

ReleaseBoeing, Red 6 complete first augmented reality test flight

20 June

ReleaseBoeing T-7A Red Hawk completes taxi tests

2021

1 October

ReleaseSaab delivers for the T-7A flight test program

20 May

Boeing T-7A Red Hawk aircraft mechanic Will Helton examines the surface of the first spliced advanced trainer being produced in St. Louis as part of the U.S. Air Force contract for 351 of the new jets. (Photo: Randy Jackson)

Boeing completes first production digital splice of Red Hawk

It took just half an hour to join the front and aft sections of the T-7A trainer, with a 98% reduction in drilling defects. The latest digital techniques are delivering an improvement of 50% in production quality.

24 February

Work under way at Boeing's St. Louis, Mo., facility.

Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk trainer production

Just four months after Triumph Aerospace Structures Red Oak loaded the first wings parts into an assembly jig, production of the advanced trainer has begun at Boeing's St. Louis facility

2020

27 February

ReleaseSecond Boeing T-X aircraft takes flight

2016

20 December

ReleaseBoeing and Saab T-X completes first flight and validates design for Air Force requirements

13 September

The Airframer Bulletin

ReleaseBAE Systems, Boeing and Saab formalise partnership to develop UK's next generation pilot training

ReleaseSaab, Boeing and BAE Systems to collaborate on Next-Gen pilot training

T-7A Red Hawk passes three key testing milestones

ReleaseBoeing, Red 6 complete first augmented reality test flight

ReleaseBoeing T-7A Red Hawk completes taxi tests

ReleaseSaab delivers for the T-7A flight test program

Boeing completes first production digital splice of Red Hawk

Boeing begins T-7A Red Hawk trainer production

ReleaseBoeing T-7A crew shuts off, restarts engine in flight to demonstrate reliability

ReleaseSaab starts production in support of U.S. Air Force T-7A programme

ReleaseNew T-7A Red Hawk honors legends of the past and heroes of the future

ReleaseSaab receives order from Boeing for the Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft T-X

ReleaseBoeing wins U.S. Air Force T-X pilot training program contract

ReleaseBoeing selects Triumph Group as major supplier for its U.S. Air Force T-X offer

ReleaseSecond Boeing T-X aircraft takes flight

ReleaseBoeing and Saab T-X completes first flight and validates design for Air Force requirements

ReleaseBoeing and Saab reveal first two aircraft for Air Force T-X competition