South Korea

By Chen Chuanren, Kim Minseok, Robert Wall
Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The engineering and manufacturing development phase is scheduled to be completed by 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The design builds on experience from the Air One vertiport operational demonstration in Coventry, England, in April 2022.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea has contracted Hanwha Aerospace to mass produce a high-powered directed-energy weapon, which the country hopes to operationalize by year's end.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By David Casey
A new agreement between South Korea and the Philippines increases weekly capacity on flights connecting Seoul and Manila.
Airports & Networks

By Kim Minseok
South Korea has awarded initial production contracts for the KF-21 fighter jet to KAI, Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems.
Supply Chain

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

By Kim Minseok
The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
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.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
Archer Aviation plans to demonstrate its Midnight electric air taxi in South Korea late this year.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
The Ministry of National Defense’s resource management office introduced policy directions for guided missile operations.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan and South Korea's civil aviation regulators have agreed to mutually recognize each other’s aviation certifications and approvals.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

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

By Brian Everstine
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
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.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Yonhap News reported that DAPA met with Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamed Khaled Nordin.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
A new cost-sharing arrangement on the development of the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 fighter jet will see Indonesia slash its contribution.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
South Korea’s Hanwha Corporation is venturing into the aircraft and engine leasing business under the banner of Hanwha Aviation.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Chen Chuanren
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.
Commercial Space

By Adrian Schofield
South Korean LCC Jeju Air has decided not to pursue a bid for Asiana’s freighter operations.
Airlines & Lessors

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

By Kim Minseok
South Korea is working to establish its own F-35 MRO depot at Cheongju AB by 2027.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
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.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Kim Minseok
South Korea will spend close to $6 billion on 40 KF-21s and related infrastructure and armaments through 2028.
Aircraft & Propulsion