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Saab: order from Boeing for EMD phase for the T-X aircraft

The programme is divided into multiple phases

Saab has received an order from Boeing for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase for the Advanced Pilot Training Aircraft, T-X. The value of this order is approximately MUSD 117.6. The order will run until 2022.Both industries were selected by the US Air Force on 27 September (AVIONEWS) for the T-X programme, a new era in their partnership going forward. The T-X programme is divided...

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Linkoping, Sweden, 10/19/2018 08:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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