T-X Competition Field Shrinks

摘要

Two major aerospace firms have withdrawn from the US Air Force's T-X (trainer-experimental) competition. The Northrop Grumman-led team announced in January it is dropping out of the competition. Built by Northrop-Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites Incorporated at their Mojave California facility, their design always appeared cloaked in secrecy that may have reflected a limited corporate commitment to the programme.