Scaled Composites Model 400 Swift

The Scaled Composites Model 400 Swift was a low-cost, high-performance proof-of-concept jet built to meet high-G, high angle-of-attack manoeuvring goals. It was built as part of Northrop Grumman's response to the United States Air Force T-X advanced jet trainer requirement, which was to replace the T-38 trainer. Scaled Composites went from concept to first flight in only two years, and the Swift first flew on 26 August 2016, flying seven times in all. It has two seats, one for a pilot and one for a crew member, and a single General Electric F404-GE-102D turbofan engine. The published figures are a maximum takeoff weight of 15,400 pounds, a maximum speed of 500 knots equivalent airspeed and an altitude of 35,000 feet, and it flew under the registration N400NT. Northrop Grumman and its teammate BAE Systems decided in February 2017 not to submit a T-X proposal, and the programme was abandoned.