T-X uncovered
The unveiling of any new aircraft generates a certain amount of excitement, but when two are revealed in the space of a few days, that excitement is clearly magnified.
Furthermore, when the aircraft in question are both contenders for the US Air Force’s 350 aircraft T-X programme, the bar is raised yet again.
Such has been the case with the photographs taken at Mojave Airport, California of Northrop Grumman’s so-called Model 400 undergoing high-speed taxiing tests. The photographs that appeared on social media on 19 August show a single-engine, low wing aircraft with anhedral wing and tailplane.
Although Northrop
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