Aircraft
U.S. Navy Launches New Trainer Search
Intended to replace the T-45 Goshawk, the new trainer is not required to launch from, or recover to aircraft carriers.
A T-45 from VT-7 lands aboard Harry S. Truman during a carrier training session. The requirement to undertake arrested recoveries as an element of training may be on the way out. (Photo: U.S. Navy)
A T-45 from VT-7 lands aboard Harry S. Truman during a carrier training session. The requirement to undertake arrested recoveries as an element of training may be on the way out. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

On May 14 the U.S. Navy published a Request for Information (RFI) on the government’s System for Award Management website concerning a new trainer aircraft, following on from a marketing survey conducted in 2018. Known formally as the Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS), the new aircraft is intended to replace most, if not all, of the Boeing T-45 Goshawks that currently operate for both intermediate and advanced elements of the Naval Aviator training program.


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