South Korea

Arms exports topped $17.3 billion for South Korea in 2022, smashing the previous yearly record of $7 billion, set in 2021.

Korean Air will take more steps in its recovery to pre-pandemic levels by resuming more international routes in its upcoming winter schedule.

Joby Aviation has signed a collaboration agreement with South Korea’s SK Telecom to provide an aircraft for in-country flight testing in 2024 under the Korean Urban Air Mobility (K-UAM) Grand Challenge.

The agreement is for up to 50 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

The U.S. government has cleared South Korea to move forward with a previously approved plan to buy a second batch of Lockheed Martin F-35As.

Eviation is preparing to close the final design loop for the production version Alice.

The new owner of relaunched South Korean LCC Eastar Jet has partnered with AIP Capital to lease five Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

The flights are part of the Korean telecommunications provider’s efforts to develop technology to support the commercial deployment of urban air mobility.

Airbus Helicopters supplies the drive system and autopilot for South Korea's Light Armed Helicopter program, with KAI set to deliver the first aircraft in 2024.

Air Premia is set to become the fourth operator of nonstop Seoul-Honolulu flights.

Poland is acquiring Lockheed Martin Sniper targeting pods to equip its future fleet of Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 light combat aircraft.

South Korea has signed off on the production plan for the RQ-105K, the country’s first medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) uncrewed air system.

Pale Blue has won a contract to provide its Resitojet water-vapor based propulsion system for a pair of 6U cubesats.

Poland has begun flight testing its first Korea Aerospace Industries FA-50 fighter in-country.

In addition to mass producing the new Hyunmoo-5 "bunker buster," South Korea has plans to upgrade the Hyunmoo-2 and Hyunmoo-3 missile variants.

Plana will deliver 10 of its CP-01 aircraft to Hi-Air beginning in 2031.

Asiana’s pilots are stepping up their industrial action with plans for a strike following a long-running standoff with the South Korean airline.

South Korean drone maker This Is Engineering (TIE) has unveiled its concept for an autonomous passenger electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

The final Block 1 production contracts totaled $793 million for 18 Chinooks for the South Korean army and a top-up order of one aircraft for the Spanish army.

South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development says it intends to equip its Korean Unmanned System-Loyal Wingman prototype the Ukrainian Ivchenko-Progress AI-322.

Prague will return to the carrier’s schedule after a three-year suspension.

The merger of South Korean carriers has won approval from China, which required slot transfers.

The LCC now operates 12 routes between Vietnam and South Korea.

The airline especially sees growth potential on Asia-Pacific routes during next year's northern hemisphere summer.

The codeshare announcement comes after WestJet said all of its long-haul flying will be based at Calgary.