Thailand Contracts KAI To Upgrade T-50 Family Aircraft

Credit: T-50: Republic of Korea Armed Forces
KUALA LUMPUR—Thailand has contracted Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to upgrade four T-50-family trainer-attack aircraft to the light-attack standard, including radar. The upgrade work, worth $52 million, will be completed by October 2021, KAI said. The program follows a 2017 order for eight more...
Marhalim Abas

Marhalim Abas, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, covers Southeast Asian defense. He has worked as a journalist specializing in Southeast Asia defense and security since 1994, initially with the New Straits Times newspaper.

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