- Saab and Boeing are increasing production of the T-7A Red Hawk advanced fighter jet.
- The jet’s aft section is produced at Saab’s West Lafayette plant before final assembly by Boeing in St. Louis.
- Saab’s West Lafayette facility currently employs about 240 people, with potential for expansion.
WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Executives from Swedish aerospace company Saab and U.S. aerospace business Boeing announced Thursday that production of the advanced fighter jet the companies have partnered to build partially in West Lafayette will ramp up, delivering on a long-held vision for a local Saab plant four years since it opened.
One of the five completed T-7A Red Hawk fighter jets, the latest genesis of Air Force training jets, flew into Purdue University Airport on Thursday along with Steve Parker,…more
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