I don’t know about the 159 but I can look up the 200 and get back to you. Can’t promise a price though and in any case you never read the same price twice. It all depends on whether they are quoting the ‘sticker’ price or the price for an entire package such as maintenence infrastructure, weapons, training, delivery etc which all go to inflate the price of the actual aircraft so its not an exact science. Sometimes an aircraft looks on paper a whole lot more expensive than it actually is.
What I can tell you of the Hawk 200 is this:
It is a lightweight single seat multi role fighter and utilises an APG65 radar (depending on customer requirements.) It is powered by a Rolls Royce/Turbomecca Adour turbofan rated at between 6500 and 7500lbst depending on which paper you are reading and the model (its very customer specific.) It weight is roughly (~) 7000 to 8000lb again depending on the paper you are reading and I’m not sure about the external load, I think it is about 7000lb and has about 3000lb of internal fuel but I’m not sure of this. It has a speed of about 650knots, uses 7 external hardpoints (including wingtip rails) and ‘might’ have a 25mm internal cannon but I’m not sure about this. If not you can fit a centreline podded cannon. Its has a ‘combat’ rated wing though I’m not sure what that means. I think it can also be fitted with a fixed inflight refueling probe but its endurance is of particular note because its engine is so damned efficient.
I’ll get back to you about weapons and more later.:)
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