U.S. Navy T-45 Replacement Program

[FlyGuy369]

I presume, that because of upcoming carrier approach simulations on land and the Joint Precision Approach & Landing Systems on the CVN, the USN / NAVAIR thinks, it doesn't need a CATOBAR trainer.
Link: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zo...nt-be-able-to-land-or-take-off-from-a-carrier

This is a fact, being around it.

 

[_Del_]

Very respectfully also, if The M-346 wasn´t able to meet USAF sustained g-force KPI, it would be doubtful to have them succeed in this competition without an important redesign of that airframe (I would say stretch it to lower G trim drag).

The Air Force wanted 6.5+g sustained with an 80% fuel load. The Navy only wants 3.1 sustained at 60% fuel load without buffeting. Should be much easier to achieve even if they have to beef up the airframe to meet the other requirements. And allegedly they found a flight profile able to meet the USAF requirement.

I'd be more concerned about how much weight the structure and undercarriage is going to gain and what that does to every thing else (which includes the g requirement, of course).

 

[windcalm]

U.S. Navy’s Next Trainer Jet Won’t Need to Land on Carriers

The U.S. Navy released a new Request for Information for the T-45’s replacement, which will only be required to conduct Field Carrier Landing Practice

theaviationist.com

 

[fightingirish]

Hi folks, I know the proposal "Leonardo M-346N" for the Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) program was already posted in the Leonardo M-346 thread, but I will post the lasted article from TWZ here in this topic. As we all know, this proposal is not carrier-capable. That means no beefed upped landing gear and no tail hook, so it will be unable to perform catapult launches from or arrested landings, neither on carriers nor on land bases. Carrier approaches will be practiced from land bases and in the simulator. If the approach is right, the student pilot will be waved off.
Source:

M-346N Pitched To Replace Navy’s T-45 Goshawk Jet Trainers

The Navy has meanwhile decided that its new jet trainer will not have to operate from aircraft carriers. The Navy has meanwhile decided that its new jet trainer will not have to operate from aircraft carriers.

www.twz.com

Video:

View: https://youtu.be/dBD1vlIYAwU?si=UIEKJ75L-EYo2xpe

 

[Maro.Kyo]

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/u-s-navy-t-45-replacement-program.33757/

I hope members could start looking up more thoroughly for pre-existing threads before making any new of the same topic.

 

[Maro.Kyo]

US Navy ditches field carrier landing requirement for T-45 Goshawk replacement

The US Navy (USN) expects to sign a contract within less than two years to begin replacing its fleet of Boeing T-45 Goshawk jet trainers, after issuing its latest request for information (RFI) linked to the requirement on 31 March.

www.flightglobal.com

RFP will be issued by Dec. 2025 and contract award by Jan. 2027. About a year to evaluate, which is actually brought forward compared to what envisioned last year following delays due to indecision concerning touch down requirements.

Most notably, there are no more carrier landing sink-rate touch down requirements, even for FCLP and let alone deck-based touch-and-go. Probably to save time and cost, as well as give more opportunities to some candidates but I'm still quite puzzled about it.

 

[Grey Havoc]

If they have ditched that requirement, they might as well junk the entire program!