Navy Mulls Buying New T-45d Jets To Meet Future Pilot Training Needs

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The Navy is aiming by December to craft a plan for undergraduate jet training that could include both upgrades to existing T-45C Goshawk jets and the acquisition of brand new T-45D jets, according to documents reviewed by Inside the Pentagon.rnNavy Secretary Donald Winter explained the Navy's position in a Feb. 10 letter to the congressional defense committees, which was accompanied by a brief report from the service's aviation requirements division (N88).rnThree studies have been conducted to date regarding undergraduate naval jet training, the most recent being a July 2008 assessment by Booz Allen Hamilton that endorsed buying new T-45Ds, according to the report to Congress.rnThe T-45Ds would be newly manufactured T-45Cs created via modernized production, according to the report, which notes Booz Allen Hamilton concluded this is the most cost-effective solution that adequately meets undergraduate jet training needs.