# Triumph chosen as major supplier for Boeing's T-X trainer programme

Triumph Group has been selected as a major supplier for Boeing's T-X advanced pilot training system programme, contingent on Boeing winning the USAF contract. Triumph will supply wing, vertical tail and horizontal tail structures from its Red Oak, Texas facility, generating 950 jobs.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-09-19
- Where: Red Oak, Texas, United States
- Value: $22.9M
- Jobs: 950
- Status: announced
- Products: wing structures, vertical tail structures, horizontal tail structures
- Sectors: [Aerospace Components](https://endata.com/sectors/aerospace-components.md)

## Companies

- [Triumph Group](https://endata.com/companies/1817.md)
- [Boeing](https://endata.com/companies/685.md) (customer)
- [Triumph Group](https://endata.com/companies/1817.md) (supplier)
- [Defense Logistics Agency](https://endata.com/companies/2888.md) (customer)
- [U.S. Defense Logistics Agency](https://endata.com/companies/16464.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [airforce-technology.com](https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/newstriumph-chosen-as-major-supplier-for-usafs-16bn-t-x-trainer-programme-5929990/), 2017-09-19: "Triumph has been chosen as a major supplier for the $16bn T-X advanced pilot training system programme if the US Air Force awards the contract to Boeing."
- [aviator.aero](https://aviator.aero/press/triumph-signs-contract-extensions-with-boeing-for-ducting-and-floor-panels), 2017-09-21: "Boeing is one of our largest customers, and the extension of this agreement demonstrates our ability to consistently deliver components with the quality, reliability and value our customers demand."
- [upi.com](https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2017/10/26/C-5-Galaxy-component-ordered-from-Triumph-Group/6141509039717/), 2017-10-26: "We are honored to be selected as a sole source supplier for these operation-critical parts on the C-5 Galaxy aircraft."
- [airforce-technology.com](https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/deals-week-lockheed-martin-triumph-group-orbital-atk/), 2017-10-27: "Triumph Group has won a contract worth $22.9m from the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply aftermarket spare rotary actuators for the main landing gear of the US Air Force’s C-5 Galaxy military transport aircraft."

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