South Korea Gears Up For Future Fighter

South Korean future combat aircraft concept

South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has devised a notional design concept for a future combat aircraft.

Credit: South Korea Agency for Defense Development
South Korea’s efforts to develop a homegrown next-generation fighter are stepping up as the country looks to keep pace with Western programs and maintain its combat aircraft design and development capabilities. The country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Agency for Defense...
Kim Minseok

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.

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