Post Tagged with: "FA-50"
South Korea Orders FA-50 Fighters in $1Bn Deal
KAI announced on May 6th that the company concluded the contract for mass producing the FA-50, amounting to approximately 1.1 trillion won with The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (“DAPA”). In accordance with the contract, subsequent to the first mass production contract which was signed on 2011, KAI plans to deploy the aircraft (first production portion) [...]
Philippines to buy 12 South Korean fighter jets
The Philippines will buy 12 South Korean FA-50 fighter jets to strengthen its poorly-armed military, government spokesmen said Wednesday, amid increasing maritime tensions with China. The FA-50s will be the first fighter jets to be operated by the Philippine air force since it retired the last of its US-designed F-5 fighters in 2005, said President [...]
SKorea to Integrate Sensor Fuzed Weapon with FA-50 Aircraft
WILMINGTON, Mass: Textron announced today that the Republic of Korea Air Force has chosen Textron Defense Systems’ Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) for integration onto the Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light combat aircraft. Through a Foreign Military Sale led by the Eglin Air Force Base Air Armament Center and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration of South [...]


