Developed from the famous British BAe Hawk trainer, the Hawk 200 is a light multirole fighter specifically intended for the export market
where it has found success in Oman, Malaysia and Indonesia
Unlike its predecessors Hawks, this one would be developed solely to combat and not have trainer functionality
The second seat was removed to be filled with combat electronics
The Hawk 200 can engage in air defence, air denial, anti-shipping, interdiction, close air support, and ground attack
In 1984, British Aerospace (now BAE Systems) decided to pursue development of a combat-orientated variant of the Hawk aircraft, designated as Hawk 200
up to this point the Hawk family had been typically employed by operators as an advanced trainer with secondary combat capabilities
The Hawk 200 made its maiden flight on May 19, 1986
A total of 62 were produced between 1990-2002.
Its largest operator currently is the Indonesian Air Force with 23 aircraft
the Royal Malaysian Air Force with 13 aircraft, and the Royal Air Force of Oman with 11 aircraft
In terms of design, the Hawk 200 retains the characteristics of its predecessor
with the notable change being a single cockpit instead of the two-seat cockpit on the BAE Hawk
The forward cockpit area which normally houses a pilot is replaced by an electronics bay for avionics and onboard systems
including a fire control computer, multi-mode radar, laser rangefinder and forward-looking infrared
The aircraft has a length of 11.38 m, a wingspan of 9.39 m, a height of 4.16 m, an empty weight of 4.12 tons, and a maximum take-off weight of 9.1 tons
It has a low-mounted cantilever wing and is powered by a single turbofan engine
The Hawk 200 also has an upgraded wing, which in addition to four wing pylons seen in previous Hawks
also has wingtip missile support as well as greater wing area, increased wing droop, larger flaps and an optional mid-air refueling capability
The Hawk 200 is powered by a single Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour Mk 871 non-afterburning turbofan engine, with 26 kN thrust
The aircraft can reach a maximum speed of Mach 1.2, a cruise speed of 796 km/h, a range of 892 km with internal fuel only
and can be increased to 1,950 km with 3 drop tanks
The service ceiling is 15,250 m, and the rate of climb is about 58 m/s
The Hawk 200 has 7 external store points with four underwing pylons, an under-fuselage pylon, and wingtip air-to-air missile stations
The range of external stores which the aircraft can carry includes air-to-air missiles
anti ship missiles, torpedoes, a gunpod, rocket launchers, reconnaissance pod, and bombs
The pilot has a hands-on throttle and stick control system and a wide-field-of-view head-up display
The pilot can select the weapons and release mode prior to initiating an attack
The Hawk 200 is equipped with a Northrop Grumman AN/APG-66H multi-mode radar
which is a solid state medium range pulse-doppler planar array radar designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation (now Northrop Grumman)
for the F-16 Fighting Falcon (with a range up to 150 km)
It has ten air-to-surface and ten air-to-ground modes for navigation and weapon aiming purposes
The APG-66H variant on the Hawk 200 has a smaller antenna for slightly reduced capabilities