South Korea

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

Aviation Week Staff
South Korea’s government plans to designate Jeju Island as an operational test area for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxis.
Advanced Air Mobility

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

By David Casey
Delta Air Lines is adding Seoul to its network from Salt Lake City, starting in June 2025.
Airports & Networks

By Matthew Fulco
Hanwha and its subsidiary Hanwha Defense Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Advanced Navigation.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Kim Minseok
The first mission is planned as early as March 2025.
Commercial Space

By Graham Warwick
The governments have approved a 2.96 trillion won ($2.2 billion) project to regenerate the area around Gimpo.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Kim Minseok
Seoul is set to acquire WB Electronic's Warmate 1 to promptly bolster its loitering munitions capability.
Missile Defense & Weapons

By Ben Goldstein
Swiss startup Jekta has announced an order from South Korean lessor Solyu for 30 of its PHA-ZE 100 hydrogen-electric seaplanes.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Craig Caffrey
Seoul's latest defense budget increase will likely represent a marginal real-terms cut once inflation is factored in.
AWIN Knowledge Center

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

By Kim Minseok
The move was confirmed by Kim Kyung-nam, head of KAL Aviation Technology Research Institute.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
The South Korean defense ministry is proposing a 3.6% year-on-year spending hike.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Robert Wall
The South Korean National Defense Ministry says the first of its reconnaissance satellites has passed in-orbit testing and is now operational.
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.
Aircraft & Propulsion

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