A New Military Jet Flies Just One Year After It Was Designed
The Boeing and Saab pilot training jet flies for the first time on Dec. 20, 2016, in St. Louis.
By Marcus Weisgerber Read bio
December 20, 2016
The new Boeing and Saab plane took to the sky for the first time on Tuesday, showing defense firms can build complex weapons quickly.
In an era where it takes years — often many years — to bring a warplane from drawing board to flight line, Tuesday’s first flight of a new Boeing-Saab training jet in St. Louis shows that defense firms can, on occasion, build a complex weapon quickly.
In one year, the firms went from certifying the design of its plane to flying it — light speed for the defense industry.
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