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Boeing's plans to bid for the new Air Force trainer contract

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Boeing is teaming with Saab, the Swedish maker of the Gripen fighter jet, to bid for the contract to build the T-38’s successor, nicknamed the T-X. (www.stltoday.com) Mais...

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preacher1
preacher1 1
I guess I don't understand big business but why are the major aero companies in the U.S. teaming up with overseas companies and each other to bid on these contracts?
wopri
Wolfgang Prigge 1
Perhaps it's all about transfer of technology and sharing of risk? I'm not talking about the Allen key of IKEA fame though..... :)
PLANESOLUTIONS
PLANESOLUTIONS 1
This may be a strategic decision to partner with a foreign company that has ties to countries that might not normally consider a Boeing (American) product. SAAB has made inroads with developing countries that could add valuable incremental sales to the new trainer. Clearly, if Boeing wanted to, they could pull off a trainer aircraft without batting an eye.

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