J.J. Abrams officially revealed the Episode 7 version of the X-Wing Starfighter via a Force for Change charity promotional video on July 21, 2014. The fighter shown in the background of the video differs in some ways from the T-65B X-Wing depicted throughout the original trilogy, but the official StarWars.com Twitter account confirmed the craft shown is in fact the Episode 7 X-Wing.

The Incom T-65B X-Wing fighter is an iconic staple of the Star Wars galaxy. The preferred starfighter of Luke Skywalker and Wedge Antilles, the X-Wing is a space-superiority craft armed with four wingtip blaster cannons and two proton torpedo tubes. It utilizes a single pilot, includes a mounting dock for an R2 astromech droid, and is most distinguished by its convertible split-foil wing design.

The new X-Wing is distinguished from the Original Trilogy model in several ways. Its wing design in landing position is reminiscent of the Expanded Universe Incom Z-95 Headhunter, with the wing-mounted engines appearing at a glance to be two large engines instead of four small ones. A split seam, however, is clearly visible on close examination. However, the seam does not continue past the engine cowling on the leading edge of the wing. The seam can be seen continuing on the top of the wing, indicating a vertical split as opposed to the traditional horizontal split when the S-foils are locked in attack position.

The four wingtip lasers also hint that the wings are in fact designed to be split.

The attack position of the new X-wing as illustrated by this official concept artfrom the StarWars.com Twitter account.

The X-Wing pictured alongside Abrams does not carry an R2 droid, though it is unclear whether a droid slot exists and is simply empty, or whether astromech droids are no longer incorporated into X-Wing design.