KAI confirms bid for Malaysia’s light combat aircraft programme

21 Şubat 2022

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Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has confirmed its participation in Malaysia’s Light Combat Aircraft/Fighter Lead-In Trainer (LCA/FLIT) programme.

And the aircraft type that has been proposed for this requirement is the company’s FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), which is in turn based on KAI’s T-50 advanced jet trainer platform.

Malaysia‘s Ministry of Defence issued a tender for the Royal Malaysian Air Force‘s (RMAF‘s) LCA/FLIT programme in June 2021 as part of the service‘s modernisation blueprint known as the Capability Development Plan 2055 (CAP55).

As part of this plan, the country seeks 18 airframes to replace its grounded fleet of seven Aermacchi MB-339CM jet trainers and 18 BAE Systems Hawk Mk 108 twin-seat and Mk 208 single-seat LCAs.

Speaking to Singapore Airshow 2022, a KAI official described the FA-50 as a proven platform that has been in service with the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) since 2013.

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