I just read that South Korea made an order earlier this year for the FA-50, for about $30 million a pop. They will come with F404 engines and a Elta Systems EL/M-2032 radar (they wanted an AESA originally but the US said no).
This pretty much puts its primary equipment the same as the Tejas!! 😮
by the time the FA-50s are being delivered, the Tejas will probably begin entering service (although FA-50 has an advantage in that its trainer version is already in service) at the same time. Wikipedia says Tejas will also cost around $30 making them very close competitors and perhaps competitors in the same market..
where to the advantages they each have over the other in sales?
The first thing that comes to mind is that they are both a cheap fighter thats kind of western but not quite. Other thing is that Tejas is single seat and the Mk-2 will be better. (But if we wanted we could pay KAI to continue with the
F-50)
F-50 will have a stronger airframe and more hardpoints single seat with more fuel/avionics and similar engines options to the Tejas MK-2
And it can have an AESA Radar like RACR/SABR or a Korean AESA from LIG Nex1 or Samsung Thales
So Tejas Mk-1 and FA-50 are comparable but Mk-2 will be made while F-50 will not (our airforce has no need)
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