Carrier Qualification Imposes Tough Choice For T-45 Replacement

Steve Trimble May 20, 2022
Boeing-BAE Systems T-45 aircraft
A land-based replacement for the T-45 could save the Navy billions of dollars in carrier qualification costs.
Credit: Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Roberson/U.S. Navy
The U.S. Navy has three obvious candidates for replacing the Boeing/BAE Systems T-45 Goshawk, but there is just one problem: None of them are designed to land on an aircraft carrier. The lack of an off-the-shelf, carrier-qualified option for the T-45 replacement imposes a hard decision. Either the...
Steve Trimble

Steve covers military aviation, missiles and space for the Aviation Week Network, based in Washington DC.

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