Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) has introduced the Freedom Trainer jet, its entry in the US Navy’s Undergraduate Jet Training System competition.
Built from a clean-sheet design, the Freedom is reportedly the only trainer aircraft capable of supporting carrier touch-and-go operations and Field Carrier Landing Practice to touchdown.
That means student naval aviators can practice critical deck approaches much earlier in their training than with existing aircraft.
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