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| BAE Systems Hawk |
Militarymedia.net - Originally named the Hawker P. 1182, the Hawk has been developed into a world-defeating training and combat aircraft. No prototypes were built, the first five aircraft off the track were allocated for flight trials, starting on 21 August 1974. Deliveries began in 1976, and in 2001 the Hawk weapons trainers T.Mk 1 and T.Mk 1A remained the only ones. RAF. basic / advanced jet trainer. There was no sign of replacement even though airframe life was rapidly shrinking among an overwhelmingly overwhelmed fleet.
In November 1981 the US Navy selected the Hawk as the new generation trainer, and eventually purchased the Hawk Mk 60-based T-45A Goshawk.
Export two-seat Hawk variants include the Mk 50 series, based on the Hawk T.Mk 1 and sold to customers including Finland, Indonesia and Kenya; the Mk 60 series with the upgraded Adour Mk 861 5 700-lb st (225.40-kN) engine for customers including Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Switzerland and Zimbabwe; and the highly modified Mk 100 series.
It then features a revised wing, with wingtip missile launch rails, advanced attack avionics and a chisel nose housing an optional forward-looking infrared or laser sensor. With advanced training / weapons and formidable strike capability, Mk 100 has been exported to Abu Dhabi, Malaysia and Oman. A radical and surprising development of the basic Hawk airframe is represented by the Mk 200 series.This single-seat air and ground attack superiority aircraft has an APG-66H radar in its revised nose radome and a pair of ADEN 25mm guns under the cockpit floor. The export of this variant has been carried out to Indonesia, Malaysia and Oman.
