KAI chooses to equip the African country with up to a hundred aircraft, also light attack, the variant that Airbus wants to market
The Korean advanced trainer aircraft T-50, and its derivatives, live a sweet moment in the international market. The recent order of 48 FA-50 light attack units by Poland and the even more recent announcement by Airbus applying to market the model in Europe is now followed by a new major step in Egypt. The state-owned company AOI (Arab Organization for Industrialization) has signed a collaboration agreement with the head of the aircraft, KAI (Korea Aerospace Industries), to manufacture T-50/FA-50 on Egyptian soil, so that they can directly equip the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) and be exported to more African and Arab countries.
The EAF is currently looking for a light fighter aircraft and trainer in a process to which they choose, in addition to KAI with itsFA-50/T-50 variants, the Indian company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with the Tejas model. According to information in various media in the bidding countries, the number of units that Egypt plans to acquire of the winning model ranges from 70 to 100 devices.