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In 2015, Boeing was the only competitor publicly planning on offering a new design for the Air Force, with industry consensus being the service was looking for an off-the-shelf capability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since then, Textron has thrown its interest into the ring, and Northrop abandoned the Hawk design for a new development, leaving only two existing designs remain in competition: the T-100 and the T-50, and even Lockheed admitted it considered a clean-sheet development seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force plans to award a contract for T-X in 2017, according to official budget documents. 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