Saudi Arabia launches 1st locally assembled jet aircraft

Saudi Arabia has launched its first indigenously assembled fighter jet Hawk T-165.

The Defense Ministry said in a statement on Monday that the assembling of the jet aircraft is “the first of its kind” in the oil-rich kingdom.

“I was pleased to inaugurate the latest advanced jet aircraft, the Hawk T-165, which was assembled totally in the Kingdom by the Saudi hands,” Defense Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman said in a separate statement posted on X

“I was also pleased to launch the new identity for the fleet of Saudi Hawk aircraft on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of its founding,” bin Salman added.