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Worldwide national defence growth is driving increased demand for advanced stealthy, multirole aircraft.Summary
This article in Air Force Technology makes the following points:
- A potential $98.3bn market by 2032.
- Many countries want to replace obsolete platforms with newer models.
- Models that, by utilising updates, can last for a long time.
- Some governments are looking to cut costs by designing and producing their own platforms using technology transfer agreements.
References
Recent Runway Posts related to this topic:
- Dassault Rafale: The French Fighter That Could Kill Anything In The Sky - The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
- Reviewing China’s New Stealth Fighters - The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
- Mystery US jet shows there’s a faster path to Australia’s future fighter - The Runway (airforce.gov.au)
References from the Web:
- JUN 2022 South Korea’s 4.5-gen Falcon fighter set to soar-Asia Times
- JUL 2022 South Korea joins supersonic fighter club as KF-21 jet takes to skies-CNN
- JUL 2022 Why Does Iraq Want French Dassault Rafale Fighter Jets?-Forbes