Saab opens Indiana aerospace factory

Sweden-based Saab has opened a production facility in West Lafayette, Ind., that will manufacture aft airframe sections for the T-7A Red Hawk trainer program, which will train fighter and bomber pilots for the U.S. Air Force.

The Indiana site will build an aft section with installed subsystems that extends from behind the cockpit to the end of the aircraft. It expects to employ up to 300 workers by 2027.