Summary T-7A Red Hawk is advanced digital trainer Boeing completed significant milestones in 2023 Export potential for Red Hawk with interest from multiple countries The Boeing-Saab T-7 Red Hawk is a subsonic advanced jet trainer being developed by Boeing and Saab to replace the US Air Force's Northrop T-38 Talon advanced jet trainer (which first flew in 1958). While it has successfully conducted three milestone tests in 2023 and some test aircraft have been built, it is expected to be delayed another year. Still it is expected to be a world-leading trainer and countries are lining up to buy it.
The world's most advanced trainer Boeing claims that the T-7A Red Hawk is the world's only digital, next-generation trainer on the market that possesses military certification and meets modern training and low-cost needs. The defense giant also states that the Red Hawk will " drastically improve pilot training for the next generation of fighter and bomber pilots ." The T-7A comes with a new advanced pilot training system using high-resolution ground-based training systems and simulators, the "safest" cockpit egress system of any trainer, and an Open Mission Systems architecture and digital fly-by-wire controls supporting training for future fighters and bombers.
T-7 Red Hawk specs: Span: 30.6 feet Overall length: 47.73 feet Engine: F404 afterburning Max Mach: Mach 0.
975 Max G: 8G Max AoA: 30° "The T-7A Red Hawk is a twin tail, single engine, stadium seating aircraft with an advanced .