Northrop-Grumman will not be submitting a bid for the U.S. Air Force T-X project to replace the T-38 Talon. In a statement released earlier this week, the company said "Northrop Grumman and its principal teammate BAE Systems have carefully examined the U.S. Air Force's T-X Trainer requirements and acquisition strategy … [and] have decided not to submit a proposal for the T-X Trainer program." BAE Systems is the manufacturer of the Hawk aircraft, from which the combined Northrop-Grumman/BAE T-X entrant was to have been developed.
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