KAI-Philippines deal SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense firm Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has signed a deal with the Philippine defense ministry to export 12 FA-50 light ...

Korea Aerospace Industries feels that its FA-50 light combat aircraft and KF-21 fighter offer European countries a quick way to upgrade their air power capabilities.

KAI had previously exported 12 FA-50s to the Air Force in a 2014 export order, which was fulfilled in 2017. One FA-50 aircraft crashed in early March during a counterinsurgency operation in ...

KAI confirms that new jets will include an air-to-air refueling capability, something lacking in Manila’s existing FA-50 fleet. The new jets will eschew the existing mechanically scanned radar ...

The plane was dreamed up as a stealthy ... China has already been spotted testing its sixth-gen jets, possibly the Chengdu J-36 or the Shenyang J-50, since late 2024 multiple times. Lawmakers are ...

The contract calls for delivery of the 12 aircraft by June 2030, KAI added. The new batch will augment an existing batch of 11 FA-50PH aircraft in service with the Philippines Air Force (PAF).