Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.
Korea Aerospace Industries is working to improve the low observable capability of its new KF-21 fighter, although the plan has yet to be approved by the Ministry of National Defense and defense procurement agency DAPA.
South Korea’s DAPA defense acquisition agency has confirmed that its airborne early warning program, known as E-X Batch 2, has grown from two to four aircraft, but the agency is “struggling” in its negotiations with Boeing over its proposal due to its unexpectedly high cost.
