The Kfir multirole combat aircraft of the Sri Lankan Air foгсe will be upgraded by Israel Aerospace Industries.

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Is???l A???s??c? In??st?i?s (IAI) ??c?ntl? si?n?? ? c?nt??ct, w??t? USD $50 milli?n wit? S?i L?nk?’s Minist?? ?? D???ns? t? ??????? K?i? ?i?c???t ??? t?? S?i L?nk?n Ai? F??c?. T?? ???l incl???s ???l?cin? t?? ?i?c???t’s ??sic ?vi?nics wit? t?? ??v?nc?? 4+ ??n???ti?n ?i??t?? ?i?c???t ?vi?nics in ????? t? ?n? ??? int????t? ??v?nc?? ?????, s?ns??s, c?mm?nic?ti?n s?st?ms, ?n? n?w ??lm?ts. T?? ??????? ???c?ss will ?ls? incl??? t??ns??? ?? kn?wl???? ?n? ѕkіɩɩѕ ??? ??????is?m?nt t? S?i L?nk?n Ai? F??c? ???s?nn?l. T?? ???????s will ?? c?m?l?t?? in c??????ti?n wit? S?i L?nk?’s Ai? F??c? ?n? in t??i? l?c?l ??ciliti?s.

T?? S?i L?nk? Ai? F??c? (SLAF) ?c??i??? six K?i? C.2s ?n? ? sin?l? TC.2 in 1995â€“1996. A ???t??? nin? ?i?c???t ??? ???n ????? t? t?? inv?nt??? ?? 2005, incl??in? ???? C.2s ?n? ???? C.7s ?c??i??? in 2000. C????ntl? t?? SLAF ?????t?s tw? TC.2s, tw? C.7s ?n? six C.2s ?? t?? N?. 10 “Fi??t??” S??????n. T?? SLAF ?s?? t??i? K?i?s t? c???? ??t ?tt?cks ???inst LTTE ????ls ???in? t?? S?i L?nk?n Civil W?? in S?i L?nk?. Tw? K?i? C.7s w??? ??st????? ?n t?? ????n? in ?n LTTE ?tt?ck ?n SLAF K?t?n???k? ?i? ??s?, ???t ?? B?n????n?ik? Int??n?ti?n?l Ai????t, ?n 24 J?l? 2001. T???? ?t???s w??? l?st in n?n-c?m??t ??l?t?? ?cci??nts ???in? t?? Civil W?? ???i??. N?n? w??? l?st in ???i?l c?m??t.

Is???l A???s??c? In??st?i?s Ex?c?tiv? VP ?n? GM ?? IAI’s Avi?ti?n G????, Y?ssi M?l?m??, s?i?, “I ?m ????? t??t IAI’s K?i? ??s ???n c??s?n ?? c?st?m??s ????n? t?? w??l?, incl??in? in t?? Unit?? St?t?s ?n? ?s t?? C?l?m?i?n Ai? F??c?’s ??im??? ?i??t?? j?t. I ?m ???t???l t? S?i L?nk?’s Ai? F??c? ??? c???sin? t? ??n?w t??i? K?i? s?l?cti?n ?n? c?ntin?? ?sin? t?? K?i? ?s t??i? M?lti-R?l? C?m??t Ai?c???t. I ??li?v? t?is ???l is ?n ???l? st?? in ??????in? ??? ??t??? ???????s t? t?? ??v?nc?? m???l KNG (K?i? N?w G?n???ti?n).”

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T?? Is???l Ai?c???t In??st?i?s K?i? (Li?n C??) is ?n Is???li ?ll-w??t??? m?lti??l? c?m??t ?i?c???t ??s?? ?n t?? F??nc? D?ss??lt Mi???? 5, wit? Is???li ?vi?nics ?n? ?n Is???li-??ilt v??si?n ?? t?? G?n???l El?ct?ic J79 t????j?t ?n?in?. T?? ???j?ct t??t w??l? ?ltim?t?l? ?iv? ?i?t? t? t?? K?i? c?n ?? t??c?? ??ck t? Is???l’s n??? ??? ????tin? t?? D?ss??lt Mi???? IIIC t? t?? s??ci?ic ????i??m?nts ?? t?? Is???li Ai? F??c? (IAF). T?? ?nl? ?i? vict??? cl?im?? ?? ? K?i? ???in? its s??vic? wit? t?? IAF ?cc????? ?n J?n? 27, 1979 w??n ? K?i? C.2 s??t ??wn ? S??i?n MiG-21.

T?? K?i?, w??n ?i?st ??v?l????, w?s ? ??m? c??n??? ?n t?? ??ttl??i?l? wit? its ??ilit? t? c???? ???v? ?mm?niti?n (t???s?n?s ?? t?ns) ?n? ???c? ?n?m? t????ts in ? ???cis? m?nn??. T?? ??cisi?n t? ??????? t?? ?i?c???t n?w, w?s ??s?? in ???t, ?n t?? s?cc?ss??l c?m?l?ti?n ?? t?is ???c?ss in t?? C?l?m?i?n Ai? F??c?. In 2012 ?n? 2018, t?? C?l?m?i?n Ai? F??c?’s K?i? ?l??t ???tici??t?? in t?? Unit?? St?t?s R?? Fl?? ?x??cis?, ?l?n?si?? t?? U.S. Ai? F??c? ?n? ?t??? ?i? ???c?s. T?? K?i? ?is?l???? ?xc??ti?n?l c????iliti?s t????????t t?? ?x??cis?.

IAI’s Avi?ti?n G???? ??s m?n? ????s ?? ?x???i?nc? ??????in? milit??? ?n? c?mm??ci?l ?i?c???t. T?? ????? is ??s??nsi?l? ??? ?ll m?nn?? ?i?c???t, incl??in? ?x?c?tiv? j?ts, ?vi?nics, st??ct???l ?ss?m?li?s, MRO, c?nv??si?n ?? ??ss?n??? ?i??l?n?s t? ???i??t?? c?n?i????ti?n, ?tc. T?? Avi?ti?n G????’s c?st?m??s incl??? ?i? ???c?s, ?i?lin?s, ?n? m?j?? ????ns? c?m??ni?s, incl??in? t?? Is???l Ai? F??c?, U. S. Ai? F??c?, S?i L?nk? Ai? F??c?, C?l?m?i? Ai? F??c?, L?ck???? M??tin, B??in? ?n? m???.