Advanced Trainer Replacement T-7A
Abstract
The Advanced Pilot Training (APT)/T-7A Red Hawk program will replace the Air Education Training Command's (AETC) aging T-38C fleet with new aircraft, Ground Based Training System (simulators, training devices, computer based training systems, academics, etc.), Maintenance Training System, and support infrastructure currently used in the fighter/bomber advanced Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training track as well as in the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals program. The APT/T-7A Red Hawk program acquisition strategy was approved by OSD (AT&L) in early FY 2017 (December 2016). At the same time, the APT/T-7A Red Hawk Team completed their Development Request for Proposal (RFP) Release Defense Acquisition Board and subsequently released the RFP to industry on 30 December 2016. The Program completed source selection evaluations and Milestone B in September 2018, and awarded a Fixed Price Incentive Firm (FPIF) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract to The Boeing Company on 27 September 2018. The Maintenance Training System (MTS) effort will be a Delivery Order under the TSA IV ID/IQ Contract and is planned to be awarded through a competitive process that will be awarded in 2024. The T-7A MTS will provide maintainers with the foundational skills and core competencies required to maintain the T-7A aircraft and its associated subsystems. The MTS will be a blended training solution to include a.) a suite of Maintenance Training Devices (MTDs) with associated support equipment; b.) Interactive Multimedia Instruction (IMI)/courseware and training material; c.) smart classrooms to facilitate instructor-led training; and d.) support environments to manage training schedules, student data, and updates to all training capabilities. The T-7A MTS program will encompass the design, development, integration, and test of the most efficient and effective combination of training capabilities, as well as Contractor Logistics Support (CLS) performance. Funding contained in this platform's documentation directly aids AETC flying training enterprise to continue its overall Future Years Defense Program pilot production increase starting in FY 2020, thus reducing the USAF Pilot Shortage. This requirement supports performance of a full financial audit as required by title 10 U.S.C. Chapter 9A, Sec 240-D. This program element may include necessary civilian pay expenses required to manage, execute, and deliver weapon system capability. The use of such programs funds would be in addition to the civilian pay expenses budgeted in program element 0605827F, 0605828F, 0605829F, 0605831F, 0605832F, 0605833F, 0605898F, and 0606398F. In FY 2023 $1.785 million was expended for civilian pay expenses in this program element, and in FY 2024 $2.654 million is forecast for civilian pay expenses in this program element. This program is in Budget Activity 5, System Development and Demonstration (SDD) because it has passed Milestone B approval and is conducting engineering and manufacturing development tasks aimed at meeting validated requirements prior to full rate production.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Project
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2025
- Source ID
- 655340_0605223F_5_3600_PB_2025
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