FORT WORTH, Texas, July 26, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin
(NYSE: LMT) and Korea Aerospace Industries successfully completed
the initial test flight of its second T-50A configured aircraft in
Sacheon, South Korea. The T-50A is
the company's aircraft offering in the U.S. Air Force's Advanced
Pilot Training (APT) competition.
"We now have two aircraft in flight test proving our upgrade,
and we're nearing completion of our assembly and training
operations center in Greenville, South
Carolina," said Doug Batista,
Lockheed Martin T-50A program manager. "We're on track to provide
the U.S. Air Force with a production line and training capability
on day one of contract award."
The T-50A is low risk and ready now. It builds on the proven
heritage of the T-50 with more than 100 T-50s flying today—100,000
flight hours and counting—and more than 1,000 pilots trained.
The T-50A is the only offering that meets all APT requirements
and can deliver those capabilities on schedule at the lowest risk
to the customer. Lockheed Martin teams studied clean-sheet
alternatives and determined they pose prohibitive risk to APT cost
and schedule requirements. The T-50A delivers the performance and
capabilities needed to prepare pilots to fly, fight and win with
5th Generation fighter aircraft.
The T-50A was developed jointly by Lockheed Martin and Korea
Aerospace Industries. The accompanying T-50A Ground-Based Training
System features innovative technologies that deliver an immersive,
synchronized ground-based training platform.
Lockheed Martin completed the initial flight test of its first
T-50A configured aircraft on June 2,
2016.
About Lockheed Martin
Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Lockheed Martin is a
global security and aerospace company that employs approximately
125,000 people worldwide and is principally engaged in the
research, design, development, manufacture, integration and
sustainment of advanced technology systems, products and
services.
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