Tag: South Korea
South Korea accelerates KF-21 development programme
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on 16 May that Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)’s KF-21 Boramae fighter aircraft development programme has passed...
KAI KF-21 programme scores new development milestones
Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) has made steady progress on its KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft development, with the latest successes including weapons release and...
South Korea steps up military engagements with NATO, US
The South Korean military and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) held their first staff talks in Seoul, the country’s Joint Chiefs of Staff...
China, Russia time joint bomber flight with Quad summit
The Japanese Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced on 24 May that six Chinese and Russian strategic bombers were observed flying near the Japan on...
South Korea pushes indigenous military space development
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) announced on 16 September that the country will indigenously develop and operate a new Space Launch Vehicle...
First KF-X prototype nearly completed ahead of April rollout
Assembly of the first prototype of South Korea's first indigenous Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) combat aircraft is nearly completed and scheduled for rollout in...
Australian Army’s next-generation IFV programme moves ahead with risk mitigation
The Australian Department of Defence’s (DOD’s) LAND 400 Phase 3 programme, which seeks to provide the Australian Army with new tracked infantry fighting vehicles...
South Korea readies 120 mm self-propelled mortar system for production
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on 9 September that it will award a five-year contract worth 770 billion won (US$648 million)...
Hanwha Defense gets exclusive RfT for Australian self-propelled howitzer requirement
The Australian government announced on 3 September that will release a sole-source request for tender (RfT) to Hanwha Defense Australia (HDA), the local subsidiary...
Hanwha ships Redback IFV test vehicles to Australia
South Korea’s Hanwha Defense has shipped two prototype AS21 Redback infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) for testing by the Australian Army as part of its...
