KAI officially confirmed the single seat FA-50 development
Citat:They will replace the seat space to fuel tank with minimum cost and time.
To response the world demand, KAI decided to develop single seat FA-50 and its possible to meet the needs of customers by presenting a variety of options.
Although we don't know what exact looks like, the basic FA-50's aerodynamic design must be followed.
Currently 7 countries use T/FA-50.
Indonesia T-50i, Iraq T-50IQ, Philippine FA-50PH, Thailand T-50TH, Poland FA-50GF/FA-50PL, Malaysia FA-50M and Korea. FA-50 is versatile, flexible, cost effective and American friendly(maintenance, training).
Moreover, Hanwha Systems and LIGNex1 developed powerful radar for FA-50 and UCAV(Next generation AESA, GaN SSPA).
FA-50 will participate in US Navy (UJTS) program USAF (ATT) program and US Navy Tactical Surrogate Aircraft (TSA) program.
138 number of FA-50 variant alone has been exported except the T-50.
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https://www.aviacionline.com/2024/03/kai-advances-.....the-fa-50/
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