News archive: Boeing T-7A Red Hawk | Airframer

21 July

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

18 November

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

17 November

ReleaseAugmented Reality Training System integrated on Apache attack helicopter platform

28 August

Qarbon delivers first forward fuselage for Red Hawk

The celebration at Red Oak in Texas highlighted Qarbon Aerospace’s proud legacy, the importance of the T-7A Red Hawk programme and partnerships with Boeing and the U.S. Air Force.

15 August

IS&S receives contract for military MFD and Mission Computers

This marks the latest OEM contract for IS&S building on existing OEM programs with Pilatus Aircraft for the PC-24, Textron for the King Air 260/360, and Boeing for the KC-46A, KC-767A and the T-7A.

17 July

ReleaseTriumph awarded F404 Auxiliary Gearbox from GE Aerospace

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.

13 September

ReleaseBoeing, Red 6 complete first augmented reality test flight

20 June

ReleaseBoeing T-7A Red Hawk completes taxi tests

6 April

IS&S supplies GPS units for the Red Hawk

The GPS/WAAS Beta-3 Receiver is a satellite receiver that uses the signals from GPS satellites and satellite-based augmentation systems (SBAS) such as the USA Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS).

20 November

ReleaseCollins Aerospace awarded sole-source $700 million contract for ACES 5

17 November

ReleaseBoeing reorganises Defense, Space & Security business unit

21 September

Boeing completes construction of Arizona composite centre

A new composite fabrication centre for components for future combat aircraft will enable Boeing to scale a platform-agnostic, modular and flexible digital production system across future programs.

21 September

L3Harris provides mission-management processors for the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft, the newest U.S. Air Force jet trainer in 60 years.

L3Harris processor selected to crunch the Red Hawk's data

The processor technology is part of a digital, open-systems design that decreases maintenance and lifecycle costs while increasing reliability. The processors include extra payload slots to expand mission capabilities.

9 June

RSA is providing duct products for the T-7A.

RSA gathers contract for ducting aboard the Red Hawk

RSA Engineered Products has been awarded several components used in fluid conveyance applications, more specifically within the air ducting system, by Boeing for its T-7A Red Hawk training jet program.

3 March

Rossell Techsys is presented with a Boeing contract to manufacture wire harnesses for the T-7A.

Rossell Techsys wins contract for Red Hawk wire harnesses

Indian manufacturer Rossell has already manufactured over 100,000 EWIS parts for Boeing, and now it has a ten-year agreement to supply more for the T-7A Red Hawk.

28 October

Saab’s West Lafayette, Indiana, factory will produce the aft section of the T-7A advanced jet.

Saab opens US facility to aid Boeing contract

The Boeing-Saab team is producing an advanced trainer for the U.S. Air Force, with Saab providing the aft section, which is currently manufactured in Sweden before being shipped to the U.S.

1 October

ReleaseSaab delivers for the T-7A flight test program

16 September

FE-SIL will deliver the first wiring systems for the aft fuselage of the Boeing-Saab T-7A trainer in 2022.

FE-SIL joint venture wins T-7A wiring contract

Under the multi-year contract, FE-SIL will deliver the wiring systems for the aft fuselage of the Boeing-Saab T-7A jet that will train fighter and bomber pilots. The first EWIS ship-set is scheduled for delivery in 2022.

28 July

T-7A aft section production at Saab's Linkoping site in Sweden.

Red Hawk's aft airframe arrives in St Louis

Saab's airframe section will complete the test aircraft for the EMD's flight test program. Including hydraulics, fuel and secondary power, it forms the centre structure from behind the cockpit to the end of the aircraft.

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.

20 May

Rohde & Schwarz was awarded a contract by Boeing to deliver radio communications for the T-7A Red Hawk.

Rohde & Schwarz makes the grade for T-7A radio communications

Airborne transceivers from the SOVERON radio family provide excellent RF characteristics suitable for applications in harsh military environments, making the software-defined radio ideal for Boeing's T-7A.

21 April

The first aft fuselage section for the T-7A Red Hawk program at Saab’s Linkoping facility.

Saab ships first aft airframe for Boeing's T-7A trainer

The first delivery has been made from Sweden, but Saab's brand new facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA will undertake future production of the aft sections for the T-7A program.

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

29 October

Triumph loads up first assembly for T-7A

Triumph in Red Oak, Texas, have marked the beginning of an assembly process that could see it produce in excess of 2,000 ship sets of wings and empennage for the T-7A military trainer aircraft.

14 October

Boeing calls on Collins for Red Hawk navigation receivers

Collins is already responsible for a substantial number of systems on the T-7A Red Hawk trainer, and now adds a receiver which brings VOR, ILS, glideslope and marker beacon together into a single, space-saving product.

5 May