Aero Vodochody/Israeli Aircraft Industries F/A-259 "Striker"

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Aero and IAI present the F/A-259 1713137084896.png

Czech company Aero Vodochody and Israel Aerospace Industries have unveiled their joint project for a new multirole aircraft during last Farnborough Airshow. The F/A-259 Striker is a single seat light attack aircraft, derived from the L-159 Alca currently in service with the Czech and Iraqi Air Forces, and powered by the Honeywell F124 turbofan. It spots seven hard points for external loads, it can be configured with an air-to-air probe, can be fitted with an AESA radar and an HMD. Benjamin Cohen, general manager of IAI Lahav division, has said that the aircraft meets the specifications for the USAF OA-X program. The new fighter is built for those air forces that need a low priced, low maintenance cost aircraft but without losing performances.​

Compiled by Davide Daverio
Pic: ©Aero Vodochody.

Source: Global Aviator Vol. 10 / No. 9 (South Africa, September 2018)
 
Apparently they we're offering a EL/M-2052 AESA for the radar and good enough options for the cockpit NVG comparable was Derby on offer for BVR work?

 
Should add that apparently the M-346FA has gotten some orders but not a lot so am wondering what the ideal order numbers would be for a Subsonic multi role light fighter/advanced trainer
 
Should add that apparently the M-346FA has gotten some orders but not a lot so am wondering what the ideal order numbers would be for a Subsonic multi role light fighter/advanced trainer
Probably slightly better odds if you are currently using L-159 or other Albatross variants already. Pretty sure this original pitch was for LARA, which is dead. If they had bought some, then the other markets open up even more because you can piggy back off the supply chain.
 
And most of the LARA options that were tested operationally were turboprops but the possibility of getting some Czech AF armed L-159 for testing in Afghanistan would at the time been at least a option and Draken has some 8? L-159E's so could there be a market for a cheap aggressor aircraft
 
Subsonic is not exactly a problem for most of the places that would be interested in it.
As long as it is faster and better armed than the opposition. Remember that many African nations received Warsaw Pact pattern airplanes during the Cold War, but have long since struggled to buy spare parts. Few of their super-sonic MiGs are still airworthy. As long as your opponent is motorized infantry (e.g. Boko Haram) you have an advantage.
 
As long as it is faster and better armed than the opposition. Remember that many African nations received Warsaw Pact pattern airplanes during the Cold War, but have long since struggled to buy spare parts. Few of their super-sonic MiGs are still airworthy. As long as your opponent is motorized infantry (e.g. Boko Haram) you have an advantage.
And most of the aircraft that would be blundering into their ADIZ to be Air Policing intercepts are prop jobs doing maybe 500kph, while this is doing 1000 or so. A 2:1 speed advantage is plenty.
 
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