South Korea

Hanwha will integrate its new AESA radar, featuring the "tile" type transmitter/receive (T/R) block design, on to the KUS-LW.

The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service.

Nara Space Technology, a South Korean manufacturer of small satellites, announced on May 31 that it had raised $14.5 million in a Series B fundraising.

Archer Aviation plans to demonstrate its Midnight electric air taxi in South Korea late this year.

The Ministry of National Defense’s resource management office introduced policy directions for guided missile operations.

Japan and South Korea's civil aviation regulators have agreed to mutually recognize each other’s aviation certifications and approvals.

Seoul's investment in domestically developed systems and technologies is set to expand South Korea’s rapidly growing footprint in global defense export markets.

A USAF F-16C crashed shortly after takeoff in South Korea in 2023 after power outages caused a series of failures to instruments in the aircraft’s cockpit.

Hyundai Elevator is to lead a Seoul-funded project to develop a vertiport as part of the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) core technology development program.

Yonhap News reported that DAPA met with Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

A new cost-sharing arrangement on the development of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter jet will see Indonesia slash its contribution.

South Korea’s Hanwha Corporation is venturing into the aircraft and engine leasing business under the banner of Hanwha Aviation.

South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has approved the purchase of Raytheon SM-3 surface-to-air missiles.

Hanwha Systems has broken ground on its new Jeju Hanwha Space Center, a purpose-built South Korea facility for the manufacturing and testing of satellites.

South Korean LCC Jeju Air has decided not to pursue a bid for Asiana’s freighter operations.

The demonstration was conducted over five weeks from March 11 to April 12 under the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.

South Korea is working to establish its own F-35 MRO depot at Cheongju AB by 2027.

South Korea has pushed the timeline of its latest AEW competition to the right after only one bidder submitted documents that met DAPA's requirements.

South Korea will spend close to $6 billion on 40 KF-21s and related infrastructure and armaments through 2028.

The Incheon metropolitan government has released an advanced air mobility concept of operations for the port city, South Korea’s third largest metropolis.

Korea Aerospace Industries’ KF-21 has conducted its first air-to-air refueling test, joining up with an A330 MRTT.

Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has unveiled a concept for a new armed UAV at Drone Show Korea 2024.

Japanese startup Hien Aero Technologies has conducted a hover test with its proof-of-concept Dr-One V2B hybrid turbine-electric uncrewed aircraft.

South Korea has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June.

Seoul has extended a contract with Pratt that will see the company provide performance-based logistics for F-15K and K/F-16 F100 engines until end-2027.