{"id":42263,"date":"2017-10-16T13:01:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T13:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2017\/10\/16\/t-x-trainer-award-not-likely-until-at-least-spring-2018\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T23:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:23:38","slug":"t-x-trainer-award-not-likely-until-at-least-spring-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2017\/10\/16\/t-x-trainer-award-not-likely-until-at-least-spring-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"T-X trainer award not likely until at least spring 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A contract for the Air Force\u2019s T-X trainer program probably won\u2019t be awarded until next spring, even if Congress is able to pass a spending bill that would remove restrictions on new-start programs, one of the service\u2019s top leaders said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the time of the release of the final T-X solicitation last year, the service stated it planned to announce a winner before the end of calendar year 2017. Now, the Air Force is aiming for a later goalpost, said Air Force Under Secretary Matt Donovan during his first interview in his new role at the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSource selection is never based on the calendar, it\u2019s based on events that they finished the source selection, and they do expect that to be somewhere in the spring,\u201d he told Defense News, adding that the new target date is probably sometime near the end of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donovan did not explain why the award had been pushed back, but said broadly that \u201csometimes they have to go back out to the offerors and get more information, and it\u2019s an iterative process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t