Engine Blade Failure Grounds T-45C Fleet

An order for a fleet of Tactical Surrogate Aircraft (TSA) could be combined with the U.S. Navy’s plans to replace the Boeing T-45 Goshawk with a new Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS), a Navy official says.

Credit: U.S. Navy
An engine blade failure has grounded the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps fleet of Boeing/BAE Systems T-45C Goshawk advanced jet trainers. “We are working with our partners toward a swift resolution,” says Rear Adm. Richard Brophy, the chief of Naval Air Training. It was not immediately clear how the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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