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|name= UJTS Program
|image= File:Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - A T-45C Goshawk training aircraft makes an arrested landing.jpg
|caption= T-45C Goshawk, to be replaced by the winner of the UJTS program.
|aim= [[Trainer (aircraft)|Advanced
|requirement= Advanced Pilot Training System
|issuer= [[United States Navy]]
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|initiated= 14 May 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) Aircraft Request for Information |url=https://sam.gov/opp/a14e070939914212a923ca17e2034587/view |website=SAM.gov}}</ref>
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|proposals= [[Boeing/Saab T-
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|predecessors= [[McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk]]
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The '''Undergraduate Jet Training System program''', or '''UJTS program''', is a [[United States Navy]] development and acquisition program for a new two-seat jet [[Trainer (aircraft)|trainer]] to replace the [[McDonnell Douglas T-45 Goshawk]].
==History==
The US Navy launched the first Request for Information (RFI) to replace the T-45C in 2020, with subsequent RFI's following in 2021, 2023, and 2024, with each RFI modifying the needs and requirements for the program.
==Requirements==
==Competitors==
===Boeing-Saab T-7B===
{{main|Boeing–Saab T-7 Red Hawk}}
On 23 February 2021, it was announced that Boeing would pitch a variant of the T-7 Red Hawk to the US Navy as the T-7B. It was further announced that the T-7B would compete as Boeing's entry to the US Navy's Tactical Surrogate Aircraft program, which seeks an aggressor aircraft. In 2023, Boeing stated that it would modify the T-7 to meet FCLP requirements.<ref name="Everstine 23">{{cite news |last1=Everstine |first1=Brian |title=U.S. Navy Is Steaming Ahead On A New Trainer |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense/aircraft-propulsion/us-navy-steaming-ahead-new-trainer |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Aviation Week |date=7 September 2023}}</ref>
===Lockheed Martin-KAI TF-50N===
{{main|KAI T-50 Golden Eagle}}
In 2021, [[Lockheed Martin]] announced a partnership with [[Korean Aerospace Industries]] (KAI) to pitch the T-50 to the US Navy as the TF-50N.<ref name="TWZ2021">{{cite news |last1=Newdick |first1=Thomas |title=These Contenders Are Vying To Replace The Navy’s T-45 Goshawk With A New Jet Trainer |url=https://www.twz.com/41935/these-contenders-are-vying-to-replace-the-navys-t-45-goshawk-with-a-new-jet-trainer |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=The War Zone |date=11 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lockheed Martin, Korea Aerospace Industries & Red 6 Announce Initial Augmented Reality Integration Work for T-50 Platform |url=https://news.lockheedmartin.com/2023-06-20-Lockheed-Martin,-Korea-Aerospace-Industries-Red-6-Announce-Initial-Augmented-Reality-Integration-Work-for-T-50-Platform |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Lockheed Martin |date=20 June 2023}}</ref> The TF-50N is developed from Lockheed Martin and KAI's previous entry of the T-50A to the Air Force's [[T-X program]].
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{{main|Alenia Aermacchi M-346 Master}}
Speculation began circling that the M-346 would be offered for the UJTS Program in 2020, following the Navy's inital RFI.<ref>{{cite news |title=Leonardo M-346 may have a second chance in United States as new US Navy jet trainer |url=https://www.blogbeforeflight.net/2020/06/us-navy-new-trainer-jet.html |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Blog Before Flight |date=30 June 2020}}</ref>
On 4 August 2021, [[Leonardo (company)|Leonardo]] announced it would enter the UJTS competition with the M-346 at Sea Air Space 2021. It claimed that the M-346 would be capable of FLCP cycles and touch-and-goes on carriers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Manaranche |first1=Martin |title=Sea Air Space 2021: Leonardo Introduces M-346 Jet Trainer For The U.S. Navy |url=https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sea-air-space-2021/2021/08/sea-air-space-2021-leonardo-introduces-m-346-jet-trainer-for-the-u-s-navy/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Naval News |date=4 August 2021}}</ref> On 17 September 2023, it was announced that Leonardo would partner with Textron Aviation to market the M-346 to the US Navy as the M-346N ITS. On 28 July 2028, Textron announced that the entry would be known as the Beechcraft M-346N.
===SNC Freedom Jet===
[[Sierra Nevada Corporation]]'s "Freedom Jet Trainer" was originally unveiled to the public in 2017, when SNC (partnering with [[Turkish Aerospace Industries]]) revealed a mockup of it as a competitor for the Air Force's [[T-X program]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sierra Nevada Reveals ‘Freedom Aircraft’ Prototype |url=https://aviationweek.com/defense/sierra-nevada-reveals-freedom-aircraft-prototype?check_logged_in=1 |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Aviation Week |date=22 September 2017}}</ref> It was intended as a direct competitor to the similar [[Textron AirLand Scorpion]] as well.<ref>{{cite web |title=SNC |url=https://adm-works.com/snc-project/ |website=ADM Works |access-date=23 August 2025}}</ref> After the [[Boeing/Saab T-7 Red Hawk]] won the T-X contract, no further work was noted on Freedom until August 2023, when SNC teased a photo of Freedom in an orange-and-white paint scheme.<ref name="Everstine 23"></ref>
===Stavatti SM-31T/N Siletto===▼
On 21 August 2025, SNC revealed its entry to the UJTS program at Tailhook 2025, an annual naval symposium organized by the [[Tailhook Association]], where a mockup of an updated, navalized Freedom Jet was on display. Freedom is a twin-engine, twin-tail, subsonic jet trainer powered by two [[Williams FJ44|Williams FJ44-4M]] turbofans. SNC claims that Freedom will be able to perform carrier landings or touch-and-go's, a quality that was dropped from the UJTS's requirements.
On 13 July 2020, [[Stavatti Aerospace]] announced that they had submitted their SM-31T design as a response to the Navy's UJTS RFI.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stavatti Responds to USN Undergraduate Jet Training System (UJTS) RFI |url=https://www.stavatti.com/news/stavatti-responds-to-usn-ujts-rfi/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Stavatti Aerospace |date=13 July 2020}}</ref> Following subsequent updates to the US Navy's requirements, Stavatti made press releases announcing their continued SM-31T submission in 2023<ref>{{cite news |title=Stavatti Submits SM-31T Stiletto in Response to USN UJTS RFI |url=https://www.stavatti.com/news/stavatti-submits-sm-31t-stiletto-in-response-to-usn-ujts-rfi/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Stavatti Aerospace |date=February 17, 2023}}</ref>, 2024<ref>{{cite news |title=Stavatti Submits SM-31T Stiletto as a Solution to USN UJTS RFI 24-0015/UJTS |url=https://www.stavatti.com/news/stavatti-submits-sm-31t-stiletto-in-response-to-usn-ujts-rfi-24-0015/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Stavatti Aerospace |date=26 August 2024}}</ref>, and 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Stavatti Submits SM-31T Stiletto in Response to RFI 25-0001/UJTS |url=https://www.stavatti.com/news/stavatti-submits-sm-31t-stiletto-in-response-to-usn-rfi-25-0001-ujts/ |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=Stavatti Aerospace |date=30 April 2025}}</ref> There is intense skepticism about Stavatti's ability to deliver to the US Navy, with the company's failure to assemble manufacturing facilities or produce any substantial results or products. The SM-31T has been referred to as a "Long-Shot" entry to the UJTS program.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Finnerty |first1=Ryan |title=Obscure start-up wants to compete for the US Navy’s new trainer jet |url=https://www.flightglobal.com/fixed-wing/obscure-start-up-wants-to-compete-for-the-us-navys-new-trainer-jet/162857.article |access-date=23 August 2025 |agency=FlightGlobal |date=4 May 2025}}</ref>
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