At the end of July, the Polish Ministry of Defense signed a general agreement to introduce 48 domestic light attack aircraft FA-50.
After that, our developer and the Polish Ministry of Defense negotiated for a month and a half, and most of the prices and detailed conditions were agreed upon.
[Em Dong-hwan/Director of the Radiation Administration (January 31): The Polish side is currently negotiating with the goal of signing an implementation contract for 48 FA-50s by the end of September.]
The representative of the developer departs for Poland today (13th) After negotiations to finalize the year, it was confirmed that the contract would be officially signed within this week.
A key company official told SBS, "The export of 48 FA-50s, worth KRW 3 trillion, is the largest in the history of FA-50 exports.
Following Poland, the FA-50 will also be exported to Malaysia.
An official from the company said, "The agreement on export to Malaysia for 18 units and 1 trillion won is also imminent.
Combining exports to Poland and Malaysia surpasses the total number of FA-50 exports, including the T-50 training aircraft of the same type.
The developer is also promoting the installation of the state-of-the-art Asa radar developed for the KF-21, a Korean supersonic fighter, on the FA-50 exported this time and strengthening air-to-air armament.
Domestic K2 tanks and K9 self-propelled grapes, which have already signed the first export contract with Poland, have bright prospects for additional exports within the year, and the annual defense export amount, which was about $2-3 billion, is expected to exceed $20 billion this year.
This is SBS Kim Tae-hoon.
(Correspondence: Tae-Hoon Kim / Video coverage: Il-Sang Han / Video editing: Chun-Bae Park / CG: Kyung-Rim Kang / Producer: D News Platform Department)