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The T-100 Integrated Training System is a military twin-engine trainer aircraft variant of the M-346 Master jet trainer. Italian aircraft manufacturer Leonardo Aircraft designed the T-100 for the United States Air Force Advanced Pilot Training System or T-X program. Leonardo and its partner subsidiary, Leonardo DRS, intend to build a new plant at Moton Field in Tuskegee, Alabama to manufacture the aircraft if the bid succeeds.

T-X program
The United States Air Force T-X program is a $16.3 billion dollar project to replace the Northrop T-38C with 350 new aircraft and training systems. There are multiple teams bidding in the competition.

Boeing and Saab are designing a new aircraft. Lockheed Martin and Korea Aerospace Industries are offering a modified T-50A. Leonardo DRS is submitting the T-100. Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) are proposing a new design named the Freedom Trainer. The Air Force says the contract will be awarded sometime in 2017.

Development
Raytheon and Leonardo entered the T-X bid together, but on January 25, 2017, Raytheon announced their withdrawal from the competition. . Raytheon said they were “unable to reach a business agreement that [was] in the best interest of the US Air Force.”. On February 8, 2017, Leonardo named U.S. subsidiary, Leonardo DRS, as the prime contractor.

On March 30, 2017, Leonardo named Moton Field in Macon County as the production site for the new U.S. Air Force jet fighter trainer if the bid succeeds. Sen. Billy Beasley, D-Clayton, said that this project would be the biggest economic boost in Macon County history.

Design
Honeywell Aerospace manufactures the aircraft’s twin F124 turbofan propulsion engines. Honeywell will build the engines at the Honeywell plant in Phoenix. . Tampa, Florida-based CAE USA is in charge of ground-based training system. . Alenia Aermacchi will offer the airplane platform.

The aircraft has an embedded tactical training system that provides training for pilots with mission scenarios. The T-100 has retractable tricycle landing gear. . A fly-by-wire flight control system monitors flight control surfaces automatically by electronic interface. . The T-100 is able to perform air refueling, air-to-air intercepts, sustained high-g maneuvers, night vision imaging system operations, and data link operations. .

The jet can reach a maximum level speed of 590 knots true airspeed (KTAS) and a stall speed of 95 KTAS. When flying at an altitude of 45,000 feet, the jet can operate over a range of 1,080nm. . It can climb at a rate of 22,000 feet per minute and fly up to a ceiling of 45,000 feet. . The aircraft is 37.7 feet long, 16.1 feet high and a weight of 11,362 lbs. It can hold weapons weighing up to 6,610 lbs. .

Variants

 * M-346 Master Advanced Jet Trainer:Designation for the Fighter Trainer variant.