Aircraft
Adversary Air Contractors Still Expanding—and Expecting
Draken bought more fighter jets, Elbit and Babcock are chasing UK business, and Discovery Air won a new Canadian contract.
The Atlas Cheetahs that Draken is buying from South Africa are heavily modified Dassault Mirage IIIs. (Photo: Draken International)
The Atlas Cheetahs that Draken is buying from South Africa are heavily modified Dassault Mirage IIIs. (Photo: Draken International)

Adversary Air (ADAIR) contractors are continuing to expand, in the expectation of new awards from air arms trying to make savings and/or improve their training against projected threats. In the past two months, American company Draken International has bought 34 used fighter aircraft to boost its chances in the major upcoming U.S. Air Force ADAIR competition. Israel’s Elbit Systems announced a partnership with Babcock to pursue the UK’s Air Support to Defence Operational Training (ASDOT) requirement. Also recently, Discovery Air Defence, the Canadian company that pioneered adversary air services, won a new long-term contract from its own government.


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