Japan Trainer Requirement Could Drive Boeing T-7 Variant

Kawasaki T-4

Japan is looking to replace some 160 Kawasaki T-4 trainers.

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TOKYO—Boeing believes that Japan's jet trainer program is large enough for it to develop and produce a light fighter variant of the T-7A jet trainer. This confirmation from the OEM comes as the industry readies itself for another request for information (RFI) from the Japanese Defense Ministry to...
Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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