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T-7A Red Hawk ... la Serbia sarebbe interessata all'acquisto di venti esemplari ...

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The Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk is one of the options that Serbia is considering as a replacement for its existing jet trainer and light attack fleets.
Speaking on national TV on 25 July, a senior government official said that aircraft could replace both the SOKO G-4 Super Galeb (Super Seagull) advance trainer and light attack platform and the SOKO J-22 Orao (Eagle) ground attack jets that, despite ongoing modernisation efforts, are due for retirement.
Serbia has expressed interest for the acquisition of 20 T-7A jets ...

... janes.com ... Serbia notes interest in Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk jets ...

 

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Dal sito dell'Air Force Association ...

… airforcemag.com … Production of First T-7A Sims Begins at St. Louis …

[Yuri Gagarin]

Il 3/8/2020 in 11:07 , TT-1 Pinto ha scritto:

T-7A Red Hawk ... la Serbia sarebbe interessata all'acquisto di venti esemplari ...

... janes.com ... Serbia notes interest in Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk jets ...

 

e farebbe uno sgarbo a mosca?

 

11 ore fa, TT-1 Pinto ha scritto:

Dal sito dell'Air Force Association ...

… airforcemag.com … Production of First T-7A Sims Begins at St. Louis …

e quindi potrebbe svanire la necessità di comprare altri addestratori diversi dal boeing-saab?

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19 ore fa, Yuri Gagarin ha scritto:

e farebbe uno sgarbo a mosca?

Ufficialmente la Serbia si è dichiarata un paese neutrale nel 2006. Ambisce ad entrare nella UE e ha aderito al programma NATO Partnership for Peace.

Come tale è abbastanza libera di scegliere i fornitori che gli pare anche per evitare un’eccessiva dipendenza da uno schieramento piùttosto che da un’altro. Storicamente ha fatto ricorso ad equipaggiamento ex sovietico, ma recentemente si è rivolta anche alla Cina per sistemi antiaerei a medio raggio FK-3 e droni, ad Airbus per elicotteri, ai francesi per missili Mistral e ammodernamenti di sistemi, a svariati paesi europei e non per le armi individuali e si è interessata agli anticarro israeliani Spike. Non deve stupire più di tanto se si sia interessata ai T-X, fermo restando che siamo a livello di semplice interessamento a qualcosa che ancora è a livello di prototipi/dimostratori.

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e quindi potrebbe svanire la necessità di comprare altri addestratori diversi dal boeing-saab?

I simulatori erano previsti fin dall'inizio e il leasing di un velivolo diverso era orientato ad ottenere esperienze/termini di pargone che anticipassero l'arrivo dei velivoli fisici e ne favorissero lo sviluppo. Credo siano due aspetti separati.

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Da FlightGlobal ...

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Saab ready to shift T-7A trainer work to West Lafayette site ...

By Craig Hoyle ...12 February 2021 ...

Saab is on track to this year transition manufacturing work in support of the US Air Force’s (USAF’s) Boeing T-7A advanced jet trainer programme from Sweden to the USA, the company’s chief executive says.
“We have finalised our production plan in the US when it comes to the T-7,” Micael Johansson said during a full-year results briefing on 11 February. 
“During the year we will transfer our capabilities on the training aircraft from Linkoping to West Lafayette in Indiana, and then we will start manufacturing portions of the aft fuselage.”
The company has established a facility in West Lafayette to produce rear fuselage sections for the T-7A, which will undergo final assembly at Boeing’s St Louis site in Missouri.
Saab in January 2020 launched production activities linked to the trainer in Linkoping, in support of the USAF programme’s engineering and manufacturing development phase. 
This initial work was related to seven test aircraft.
The USAF plans to acquire at least 351 Red Hawk trainers, with the type to replace its aged Northrop T-38s.
During the same presentation, Johansson said that Saab expects to deliver four Gripen E fighters to the Brazilian air force during 2021, along with “a few” to the Swedish air force.
The company also remains in discussion with a number of undisclosed countries about potential sales of its Bombardier Global 6000-based GlobalEye surveillance aircraft, Johansson says.
Saab has so far delivered two of five on-order examples to the United Arab Emirates, and he says a third example is due to be transferred “imminently”.
The company is currently offering an undisclosed number of GlobalEyes to Finland as part of an HX programme proposal also including Gripen E/Fs, and is eyeing an emerging Swedish requirement to replace a pair of Saab 340-based airborne early warning and control system aircraft.

L'argomento era già stato trattato qualche settimana fa qui ... https://www.airforcemag.com/saab-starts-building-t-7a-tail-sections/ ...

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T-7A Red Hawk ... è iniziata la produzione ...

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A new era in aircraft design and assembly has begun as the first U.S. portion of the Boeing-Saab eT-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer officially entered the jet’s state-of-the-art production line. 
Once delivered to the U.S. Air Force it will carry the name the T-7A Red Hawk.
The training jet was fully designed using 3D model-based definition and data management systems developed at Boeing during the last two decades.

... boeing.com ... https://www.boeing.com/features/2021/02/t-7a-red-hawk-begins-us-production.page ...

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La US Navy è interessata al Boeing eT-7 Red Hawk

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L'aereo dovrà naturalmente essere parzialmente riprogettato per integrare una struttura rinforzata e un carrello di atterraggio in grado di supportare atterraggi e catapulte su portaerei

ma non si era detto che si sarebbero dovuti limitare al touch and go?

comunque sia una brutta notizia per Leonardo.

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Non escluderei siano solo elucubrazioni dell'articolista: non mi risulta ci siano state nel frattempo modifiche a quanto comunicato...

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4 ore fa, Flaggy ha scritto:

Non escluderei siano solo elucubrazioni dell'articolista: non mi risulta ci siano state nel frattempo modifiche a quanto comunicato...

 

qualcosa c'è

Boeing, Navy Discuss T-7A As Goshawk Replacement

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Mi riferivo a comunicazioni sulle predisposizioni per ganci d'appontaggio e catapulta...che dovrebbero consentire di andare oltre il touch and go.

Non ne vedo traccia nemmeno in questo articolo, visto che è fermo alla request of information di maggio 2021 che non le contemplava, tanto che riferirsi ad essa e scrivere subito dopo "capable of landing both on a runway and on a carrier", non deve far dimenticare che il "landing on a carrier" non vuol dire necessariamente fermarsi su di essa e tanto meno decollarvi...

Si parla solo di discussione con la Navy su un paio di versioni del velivolo (non meglio precisate).

Magari una si limita al touch and go e l'altra è CATOBAR, ma per l'appunto sarebbe un'elucubrazione giornalistica e in ogni caso non c'è ancora nessuna formal request for proposals cui rispondere che contempli un velivolo CATOBAR.

Modificato 25 Febbraio 2021 da Flaggy

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Comincia l'assemblaggio del primo...e si uniscono i due pezzi di fusoliera.

https://www.aero-mag.com/t-7a-red-hawk-assembly-14052021/

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Nessun programma si salva ... dai ritardi ... 

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The Air Force is requesting limited funding for its T-7A Red Hawk next-generation trainer because of technical issues uncovered in testing, which have pushed back full-rate production decision on the aircraft by at least a year.
The 2022 budget request calls for $188.9 million in research, test, development, and evaluation funding for the T-7. 
This is below the $206.4 million in 2022 RDT&E funding that was forecasted in the 2021 budget request’s future year defense program. 
The Air Force is not releasing FYDP information this year. 
The 2022 budget also requests just $10.4 million in advance procurement funding for the T-7.
The Air Force, in a statement, said there are multiple issues inhibiting the Red Hawk’s progress toward production. 
For example, the Milestone C decision, or full-rate production, slipped from 2022 to 2023 because of supplier’s critical parts shortages, initial design delays, and the need for more testing after the “discovery of aircraft wing rock,” which means the T-7 can be unstable in the roll axis when flying at high angles of attack.

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/technical-problems-t-7a-production-decision/ ...

Eeeeh ... se avessero fatto una scelta diversa  ...

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"...  and the need for more testing after the “discovery of aircraft wing rock,” which means the T-7 can be unstable in the roll axis when flying at high angles of attack ..."

Ulteriori dettagli ...

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According to Capt Bailey, wing rock is a phenomenon that often occurs on aircraft with swept wings. 
At high angles of attack, one of the wings may begin to stall, resulting in the aircraft rolling slightly to that side.
When the stalled wing goes down, it stops stalling. 
However, the opposite wing begins to stall, making the aircraft roll to the other side. 
The process repeats, causing the aircraft to rock back and forth.

... janes.com ... https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/us-air-force-delays-expected-t-7a-milestone-c-decision-requests-less-money ...

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T-7A ... riprendono i voli di collaudo ...

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Boeing on June 22 launched Phase II flight testing of the company-owned T-7A prototype in St. Louis. 
The three flights logged by the future U.S. Air Force jet trainer were the first in several months. 
By last fall, the first two prototype aircraft had completed 246 sorties before entering a scheduled modification period. 
Boeing engineers had loaded a software fix on June 17 for a wing drop problem identified last week by the Air Force.

 ... aviationweek.com ... https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/light-attack-advanced-training/boeing-launches-new-round-t-7a-flight-tests ...

Anche qui ... psk.blog.24heures.ch ... http://psk.blog.24heures.ch/archive/2021/06/24/seconde-partie-des-essais-pour-le-t-7a- red-hawk - -871247.html ...

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Saab continua le consegne a Boeing della sezione posteriore della cellula del T-7A ... questa volta si tratta della terza ...

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Saab has shipped its third aft airframe section for use in the T-7A Red Hawk flight test program for the United States Air Force.
The shipment on 10 September 2021 was from Saab’s Linköping site in Sweden to Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri, USA and arrived there a few days later. 
The production and shipment of this aft airframe section is the latest milestone in Saab’s contribution to the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer for the United States Air Force. 
On completion of the EMD phase, Saab’s brand new facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, USA will undertake Saab’s production of the aft airframe sections for the T-7A program.

... saab.com/newsroom ... https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2021/saab-delivers-for-the-t-7a-flight-test-program ...

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Intanto ... Saab ha inaugurato il nuovo sito di produzione negli Stati Uniti ...

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Saab announced the grand opening of its new facility located in West Lafayette, Indiana on October 13, 2021. 
This purpose-built facility represents a major step in both Saab’s global expansion strategy and growth and investment in the U.S.
Saab announced in May 2019 that West Lafayette would be the location for its expansion in the U.S. aerospace sector and construction of the facility began in 2020. 
It has been completed on-time and on-budget and will start by being the site for domestic production of Saab’s aft airframe section for the T-7A Red Hawk trainer program. 
It will also support research and development in autonomy, artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing.

... saab.com ... https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-releases/2021/saab-celebrates-u.s.-expansion-with-opening-of-new-facility ...

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Il problema delle oscillazioni alari del T-7A sarebbe stato risolto ...

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Speaking from the floor of Boeing’s T-7A factory in St. Louis, Paul Niewald, vice president and programme manager for T-7 programmes, highlighted the trainer’s digital design and engineering, which greatly simplifies production.
Niewald also says that a ‘wing-rock’ issue discovered in mid-2021 has been resolved.
In flights with the two T-7A prototypes, it was found that the wings tended to rock left and right at high angles of attack.
“We collected more data, were able to bring that down, model it, fly some updates in our manned hardware simulator to model our simulation efforts,” he says.
Following this work, a software fix was devised and loaded onto a test aircraft.
A series of flights was conducted under different conditions to ensure the issue was resolved.
Niewald adds, however, that supply chain disruptions owing the coronavirus pandemic are still a challenge for the programme, mainly owing to the impact on suppliers.
He also says that Boeing will consider pitching the T-7A following a recent US Air Force request for information (RFI) for at least 100 new advanced tactical trainers.
The RFI calls for an aircraft to provide initial tactical training, adversary air support, and “serve as a tactical fighter surrogate of existing and future” USAF fighters.
“This aircraft was designed with growth in mind and being able to do things besides the basic training mission,” says Niewald.
“What’s been released is something we’ll take a look at to see if we can support that need as well.”
USAF already has a programme of record to acquire 351 T-7As to replace the Northrop T-38.

... flightglobal.com ... https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/boeing-offers-update-on-super-hornet-cfts-t-7a-wing-rock-fix/146025.article#toggle ...

Anche qui ... aviationweek.com ... https://aviationweek.com/shows-events/afa-air-space-cyber-conference/t-7a-wing-rock-fixed-production-delays-continue ...

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T-7A Red Hawk ... si avvicina il momento dell'inizio dei collaudi in volo del primo esemplare di produzione del velivolo ...

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The first production example of Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer for flight trials is taking shape at the factory in St. Louis, Missouri, as mechanics install its final components prior to the beginning of ground tests. 
Boeing hopes to get the aircraft into the air by the end of the year, while acknowledging some delays to the assembly caused by the Covid pandemic.
Another four T-7As have entered the assembly flow. 
The process of putting together the major subassemblies can happen rapidly thanks to the employment of digital model-based engineering in the design, including the incorporation of self-locating part technology. 
Splicing the fore and aft fuselage sub-assemblies can take place in around 30 minutes, while attaching the wings and tail surfaces can take 10 minutes for each surface.
Industrial partner Saab builds the fuselage aft of the cockpit, and the initial production of seven sections have started at the company’s factory in Linköping, Sweden. 
It shipped the third such subassembly in equipped form to St. Louis in September and now forms part of the first production aircraft for flight.

... ainonline.com ... https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/defense/2021-11-15/production-t-7-red-hawk-nearing-first-flight ...

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T-7A Red Hawk ... inside the factory ...

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In a factory in St. Louis that once helped launch the U.S. space program, the Air Force’s next generation of training aircraft is taking shape.
Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk is still years away from reaching initial operating capability. 
But during a Wednesday visit to the factory where the new plane is being assembled, Boeing officials were bullish on its future potential - not just as a trainer to teach new pilots, but also as a model for how to build future aircraft.
The high-tech methods Boeing used to design and build the T-7 are saving time, simplifying processes, improving quality and cutting down on defects, company officials told reporters.

... defensenews.com ... https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/12/17/the-t-7-takes-shape-inside-the-factory-where-the-air-forces-next-trainer-is-being-built/ ...

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T-7A Red Hawk ... Boeing ha presentato il primo esemplare di produzione ...

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Boeing unveiled the first T-7A Red Hawk advanced trainer for the Air Force at its St. Louis, Mo., facilities April 28, revealing a jet bearing the tail flash of the 99th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, which will be the first unit to operate the new airplane. 
The first T-7A squadron is to be operational in 2024.
The “Red Hawk” name, its red tail, and the 99th all pay recognition to the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, some of whom were on hand for the ceremony. 
The canopy rail of the rollout jet was painted with the names of Red Tails commander, the late Brig. Gen. Charles McGee, and Lt. Col. George Hardy, who attended the event. 
Boeing showed videos honoring the Tuskegee Airmen and linking the jet to their legacy.

... airforcemag.com ... https://www.airforcemag.com/boeing-rolls-out-production-t-7a-first-new-jet-trainer-in-60-years/ ...

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Un video di Boeing ...

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Ritardi ed aumenti dei costi anche per il T-7A Red Hawk ...
Da AW&ST ...

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T-7A Rollout Follows Boeing Charge, Air Force Procurement Plan ...
Brian Everstine - May 19, 2022

First came the bad news for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation trainer. 
During an earnings call in late April, Boeing announced new charges and delays on the T-7A Red Hawk - the digitally designed advanced trainer set to replace the service’s old Northrop T-38s.
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, supply chain constraints and negotiations with suppliers caused $367 million in cost overruns for the aircraft, Boeing’s Chief Financial Officer Brian West told investors, with costs to be incurred “over the next several years.”
But the next day, Boeing officially rolled out the first engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase T-7A in a St. Louis ceremony that also honored the famed Tuskegee Airmen. 
The jet appeared with a light gray fuselage and bright red tail, along with the tail code representing its future home of Randolph AFB, Texas.
“The T-7A Red Hawk proudly carries on the heritage of the Red Tails—reminding us of the Tuskegee Airmen’s dedicated service to this nation,” said Ted Colbert, president of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. 
“We look forward to providing the Air Force with a training system that will train and develop new generations of heroes for decades to come.”
Air Force officials say the T-7 cannot enter service fast enough, with a massive gap in capability between its current trainer, the ancient T-38, and modern fighters such as the Lockheed Martin F-35 and F-22.
“If you look at the tail on most T-38s, it’ll have a 60-something on there for [the year] it was produced,” Lt. Gen. David Nahom, the service’s deputy chief of staff for plans and programs, told lawmakers in late April. 
“We’ve got to get these aircrew training in a much more modern aircraft that will help bridge them into these fifth-generation aircraft that they’re moving into. So . . . we do need the T-7 as quickly as possible.”
“As quickly as possible” now appears to be a Milestone C full-rate production decision in mid-2023, ahead of initial operational capability in 2024. 
The Air Force in its fiscal 2023 budget request includes procurement dollars for the T-7 for the first time, requesting just $10.5 million for advanced procurement items. 
This number balloons to $321.9 million in 2024 for 14 jets, followed by $489 million in 2025 for 21, $557.9 million in 2026 for 23 and $892 million in 2027 for 36. 
The service in 2018 awarded Boeing a $9.2 billion contract for 351 of the aircraft.
Some lawmakers have pressed the Air Force to accelerate the timeline, as safety issues on the T-38 have continued. 
There were seven Class A incidents with T-38s in 2018-21; these are defined as an event that results in a fatality, permanent disability and/or damage greater than $2.5 million. 
There were zero T-38 Class A incidents in 2014-17.
However, acceleration does not appear likely within the Air Force. 
Andrew Hunter, the service’s assistant secretary for acquisition, technology and logistics, told lawmakers that it “would be premature to accelerate the procurement of the production aircraft in [fiscal 2023.] . . . Right now, my assessment would be accelerating production to 2023 would be a challenge. . . . I want to keep a close eye on the test program and see what we learn from that, and there may be issues that arise there that we could address.”
Boeing has touted its electronic design process for the jet, which moved it from concept to first flight in 36 months. 
Saab builds the jet’s aft fuselage and last fall opened a new facility in West Lafayette, Indiana, for production. 
The fuselages previously were built at the company’s facility in Sweden.
The aircraft that appeared in the St. Louis ceremony will remain there for ground and taxi tests before its first flight, Boeing says. 
The first jet produced, T-X1, is going to Edwards AFB, California, for high-angle-of-attack testing. 
In the course of prior testing, the aircraft developed wing rock issues during high-angle-of-attack flights; a software fix was implemented in the fall of 2021 to address the problem.
Boeing is also looking ahead to the potential Advanced Tactical Trainer for the Air Force’s Air Combat Command (ACC) and the Navy’s similar Tactical Surrogate Aircraft. 
The ACC expects the new trainers to be separate from initial training aircraft, with the trainers at operational bases so new pilots can gain experience with a more advanced jet before entering an F-22 or F-35.
The service released a request for information for the program in October 2021, with a potential program to start in 2024. 
Gen. Mark Kelly, ACC commander, says this aircraft would be different from the existing T-7 because of a need for more advanced sensors, radars, more fuel and other characteristics that were not a part of the initial T-X requirements. 
Boeing said it has designed its T-7 for growth and can add more capabilities to the jet.

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Super Hornet tascabile :

https://www.panorama.it/Tecnologia/difesa-aerospazio/boeing-saab-t-7a-usaf

eccevolevano tutti 'sti anni per farlo ?

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Per farlo anche no. Per decidere di farlo evidentemente si se nessuno cacciava il grano...

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"T-7A Red Hawk" ... Boeing ha riprogettato il tettuccio dell'aereo dopo che è stato rilevato un rischio relativo alla protezione del pilota in caso di  collisione con uccelli ...

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Boeing has redesigned components of the T-7A Red Hawk trainer aircraft after tests showed how a bird strike against the cockpit canopy would endanger the pilot.
The Government Accountability Office in a recent report states that in June 2021 the program began tracking a risk related to protecting the pilot in the event of a bird strike, with mitigation work possibly leading to additional delays that officials say they are willing to accept to protect the pilot. 
Steve Schmidt, Boeing’s chief test pilot, says the problem emerged during tests in which a 4-lb. thawed chicken was fired at the cockpit and high-speed cameras detected the problems.

... aviationweek.com ... https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/light-attack-advanced-training/boeing-redesigns-t-7-canopy-after-bird-strike-risk#:~:text=Boeing has redesigned components of,risk related to protecting ...