[oldplayer]

Probably a nice aircraft. But really, Sukhoi, is there a need for ANOTHER light, sub-sonic jet like this one? In what environment would it thrive better than existing jets and some turbo-prop attack aircraft?

Good luck to them.

Oldplayer

[BenLurkin]

Defense Minister Karla Slechtova was quoted by local media as saying that the documents for the acquisition of the radars had not been approved by the Czech National Cyber and Information Security Agency, therefore, making it impossible to integrate them with NATO infrastructure.

“I will not accept such a major and dangerous order without connecting [the radars] to NATO,” Slechtova was quoted by local news site Novinky.cz as saying.

D|ckless

[Shark24]

Boeing was involved in the original design especially
Avionics. Most of that work done here in SoCal. This is a new effort though. Cheers.

https://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/l159/

[taildragger]

Did anyone notice the L-159 in the background with Aero on it's Vertical Stabilizer has the "Williams International" logo on the side of the Fuselage? So will it be Honeywell Powered or Williams. Their was a firm @ Oshkosh 2 years ago promoting retrofitting old L-39's with the Williams Engine, and yes it had flown and I am not sure if it was this bird or not, I'd have to review my notes or pictures of it.

For those that may not know, converted L-39's are a hot item for the warbird / high disposable income crowd, their is an ample supply.

What I don't see it the 1/4-ellipse wingtips that multiple retrofitter's have developed similar to the photo below (for additional performance gains).