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KAI KT-1 Woong Bee

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Low wing single turboprop trainer. Includes the variant KA-1, an armed forward air control version.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Construction

Factory-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Turboprop

Application

Trainer

Design & construction

Primary structure

Aluminium

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Integrated glass suite

Environmental control

None-unpressurised

Wing position

Low

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

Certification

Military

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Notes
KAI KT-1 Woong Bee	1988 / 1991	Production: 4 (2020) Four KA-1S aircraft for Senegal began delivery from May 2020 per NamuWiki (delayed from a planned end-2019 schedule due to COVID). DefenceWeb states 'four KA-1S light attack and training turboprops were delivered between 2020 and 2021,' and GlobalMil [medium]. Baseline variant.
KAI KA-1	2000 / 2001	Armed variant for RoKAF.
KAI KT-1C	2004 / 2007	Multirole export variant, with modernised avionics.

Airframer

Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd.

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