US Navy Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS)

TomcatViP said:
I guess future Navy trainee should prepare themselves to do carrier landing practice the Marie Poppins way.
Chim Chim...

View: https://youtu.be/RxNw_4E82D4

(notice the attentive eye on the barking landing officer)
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"Chim Chimery Chim Chim Cher-ee, how much of a joy my STOVL can be" Project Poppins umbrella cover program for something way larger; Return of the Boeing X-32!
 
Now what？

https://breakingdefense.com/2026/09/northrop-drops-off-snc-led-navy-trainer-team/

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Northrop Grumman has dropped out of its team-up with Sierra Nevada on the latter’s offering for the Navy’s next-gen trainer, Breaking Defense has learned.

Northrop joined SNC’s Freedom offering for the Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) in February 2026. In response to questions from Breaking Defense about the status of the agreement, Northrop and SNC confirmed today that the agreement was no longer in effect.

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SNC is still moving forward with the Freedom offering. “SNC remains focused on offering the very best training system available for the Naval Aviation Mission,” a company spokesperson said.

A spokesperson for General Atomics–Aeronautical confirmed it would be sticking with SNC as part of Team Freedom as well.
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^ just give it to the M-346N at this point.
NG's involvement was to mitigate SNC's lack of experience in building cleansheet designs. To the best of my knowledge, SNC's experience is largely focused on modifying existing aircraft for specific missions.

Would not be surprised if USN again, ends up redoing the whole thing.

I also wonder how the French Navy views all of this, as I believe some of their Rafale pilots spend a year or two with the USN.
 
EOPAN cursus, if it still called like that, involves 24 months in the US:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élève-officier_pilote_de_l'aéronautique_navale

I guess they would have to buy some used Goshhawk if they do want to pursue with Trainee doing some carrier arrested landing (French Marine doesn´t fly dual seat Rafale).*

*Otherwise, there is still a lot of Magister available on the private market, the only jet that can trap slower than a Crane fly!
 
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helmutkohl said:
^ just give it to the M-346N at this point.
NG's involvement was to mitigate SNC's lack of experience in building cleansheet designs. To the best of my knowledge, SNC's experience is largely focused on modifying existing aircraft for specific missions.

Would not be surprised if USN again, ends up redoing the whole thing.

I also wonder how the French Navy views all of this, as I believe some of their Rafale pilots spend a year or two with the USN.
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All French Navy strike pilots go through the USN training and interestingly French Strike pilots still do carrier landing quals on the T-45 while it has been deferred for USN Strike pilots to their final assignment aircraft.
 
TomcatViP said:
EOPAN cursus, if it still called like that, involves 24 months in the US:

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élève-officier_pilote_de_l'aéronautique_navale

I guess they would have to buy some used Goshhawk if they do want to pursue with Trainee doing some carrier arrested landing (French Marine doesn´t fly dual seat Rafale).*

*Otherwise, there is still a lot of Magister available on the private market, the only jet that can trap slower than a Crane fly!
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Ozair said:
All French Navy strike pilots go through the USN training and interestingly French Strike pilots still do carrier landing quals on the T-45 while it has been deferred for USN Strike pilots to their final assignment aircraft.
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It makes me wonder if the French Navy will continue going with the USN if they switch aircrafts and approach to training, or if they'll opt for something else.
 
helmutkohl said:
It makes me wonder if the French Navy will continue going with the USN if they switch aircrafts and approach to training, or if they'll opt for something else.
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So at the moment oddly USN E-2 pilots still do carrier quals on the T-45, just not the Strike guys. Assumption that would continue and the French likely pay for the privilege of that training, as do the Brazilians, Italians and British who also send pilots through the USN pipeline.

Maybe that is the random intent behind the Turkish Hurjet looking for a naval option, hoping to take on that training with a NATO member in Europe instead of the US...?
 

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