UAE, KAI, Lockheed Martin and T-50 Golden Eagle trainernote

The UAE Air Force is said to be continuing contacts with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) and Lockheed Martin (LM) on the T-50 Golden Eagle trainer, despite ordering 48 M-346 advanced trainers last year from Alenia Aermacchi, a Finmeccanica company. The following 370-word report sheds light on the nature of these contacts and tells whether they have to do with the process of completing the acquisition of the M-346 trainers.