Saudi Arabia unveils first locally manufactured Hawk jet aircraft

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman on Sunday unveiled the first Hawk jet training aircraft, some parts of which were manufactured locally by citizens.

Prince Mohammed was briefed on the stages of assembling and manufacturing the main parts of the Hawk by Saudi youth, the tests on the plane after the assembly, the test of acceptance of the aircraft after flight, as well as of the initiatives of the Saudi-British program of the transfer and localization of technology, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

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More than 70 percent of the project’s workforce was Saudi youth, working on assembly of 22 Hawk aircraft after more than two years of training at the hands of international expertise.

The Saudi-British Defense Cooperation Program, in collaboration with BAE Systems, oversaw the training of Saudi youth with the participation of more than 25 national companies.
 

During the launch event, the plane took off for its test flight after the Crown Prince gave the permission to take off.