South Korea

By Chen Chuanren, Sean Broderick
South Korea's Transport Ministry said the last 4 min. of Jeju Air Flight 7C 2216 data was not captured by the flight data or cockpit voice recorder.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Sean Broderick
The precursors to the Boeing 737-800’s belly landing and fatal runway overrun remain unclear.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Graham Warwick
The Daegu-based company has released video showing an uncrewed tethered hover test of a full-scale prototype of the two-seat HAM-III-2 in December.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Sean Broderick
A transcript from the CVR pulled from the wreckage of the Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 that crashed Dec. 29 in South Korea should be compiled within a few days.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Chen Chuanren
Concerns about China’s muscular foreign policy are driving its neighbors to strengthen their military arsenals.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
A perilous threat environment has prompted increased defense spending outside the U.S. and the construction of new multinational supply chains.
Supply Chain

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration has approved an F-15K upgrade plan in the midst of political turmoil.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Kim Minseok
KAI and South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration have signed the first KF-21 performance-based logistics contract.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea's government touts Incheon as the first airport to possess two terminals that can handle more than 50 million annual passengers each.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
The South Korean ministry of national defense did not provide specifications of the missile’s performance.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Robert Wall
Western satellites once flew on Russian-made rockets, such as Europe’s use of the Soyuz to deploy its Galileo navigation spacecraft constellation.
Launch Vehicles & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Korean Air Aerospace Division provides depot level maintenance for the ROKAF F-15.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
South Korea and GA-ASI conducted a demonstration flight of the Mojave uncrewed aircraft system from the ROKN amphibious assault ship LPH-6111 Dokdo.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
Under the Seoul Urban Air Mobility dFuture Vision, the city plans to begin by building vertiports at four locations by 2030.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has selected Konan Technology to develop artificial intelligence (AI) software for the country’s future uncrewed air vehicles (UAV).
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Tony Osborne
Airbus presented a model of the proposed aircraft at the Euronaval defense exhibition in Paris, held Nov. 4-7.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration has reportedly signed a contract for the purchase of 100 MBDA Meteor air-to-air missiles.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Brian Everstine
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun met Oct. 30 at the Pentagon.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Matthew Fulco
The A&D industry’s critical minerals supply chain is in a precarious position given its reliance on Chinese imports, panelists say at the Zero Gravity summit.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

By Matthew Fulco
This event coincided with a worrying escalation by Russia in its 33-month war against Ukraine.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
South Korea's Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and Hanwha have revealed their new supersonic air-to-ground missile.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Chen Chuanren
A new defense market reality is emerging in the country as Tokyo seeks to increase its exports.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok
The South Korean military has publicly unveiled the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which it claims is the world’s largest ballistic missile armed with a conventional warhead.
Missile Defense & Weapons