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    Korea Gas-Turbine and Jet-Propulsion programs

    https://www.businesskorea.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=243897 Doosan Enerbility Succeeds in Performance Test of 380MW Gas Turbine Doosan Enerbility has successfully completed performance testing of its independently developed 380MW gas turbine. The company plans to intensify its efforts to...
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    Korea KTX-II (T-50, TA-50, FA-50) program

    https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250604004800315?section=national/defense KAI inks US$700 mln deal to export FA-50 aircraft to Manila SEOUL, June 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense firm Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) has signed a deal with the Philippine defense ministry to export 12 FA-50...
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    Korea General RoK Air Force News & Developments

    A ceremony was held to mark the 10,000th accident-free flight hour for KAI's fleet of fixed-wing aircraft. The KF-21 (approximately 1,350 hours), T-50 series (approximately 6,350 hours), KT-1 series (approximately 1,500 hours), and KC-100 (approximately 830 hours) combined to total 10,000 hours.
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    Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

    I don't know, it probably reflected the exchange rate, labor costs, and raw material prices at the time. It's probably higher now. But at the point of mass production, it will be closer to the targeted unit cost.
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    Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

    https://www.donga.com/news/Politics/article/all/20250602/131732415/1 A South Korean court has decided to suspend the prosecution of Indonesian engineers. Therefore, all investigations are closed.
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    Korea General RoK Air Force News & Developments

    I looked up the ROKAF igloos after watching the FPV raid on a Russian air base . HAS from the USAF are also in the mix. But the Russian Air Force's losses can't be attributed solely to the lack of these hardened shelters. Who would have thought that a truck-mounted FPV could attack a strategic...
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    Poland K2 tanks for Poland

    https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1FpU2gmiFL/
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    Korea Navy R.o.K Navy (and Marine Corps)

    An engineer's description of KVLS-II. The KVLS-II is a larger VLS compared to the KVLS-1 and is being developed as an Any Cell Any missile, and is expected to integrate systems such as tactical ballistic missiles and high-altitude interceptors. The first ROK Navy ships to be loaded with this...
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    Korea Featured Space Programs

    https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1EsEVww64R/ Key Facilities • 25-tonf-class Hybrid Engine Test Facility • 3-tonf-class Liquid Methane Engine Test Facility • Launch Pad Systems Verification Facility • Assembly Building and Vertical Tower This milestone marks a significant step toward achieving...
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    Korea UAV programs

    https://www.janes.com/osint-insights/defence-news/defence/lima-2025-kai-prepares-to-test-fly-full-scale-fighter-support-adaptable-aerial-platform Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) is preparing to conduct the maiden test flight of a full-scale version of its Adaptable Aerial Platform (AAP)...
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    Korea Foreign Defence Cooperation

    https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20250507002800315 RFHIC to export US$2.2 mln worth of defense goods to Italy's Leonardo: DAPA SEOUL, May 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean defense firm RFHIC will export about US$2.2 million worth of defense components to Italian defense giant Leonardo in line with the...
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    Korea Foreign Defence Cooperation

    https://n.news.naver.com/article/011/0004489010?sid=101 News that the Defense Acquisition Program Administration has approved Samyang Comtech's export of special armor for Altay to Turkey.
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    Korea Navy R.o.K Navy (and Marine Corps)

    Supercavitating torpedo development program The Supercavitating torpedo program unveiled by ADD in 2015 is pretty impressive, especially in this few seconds of test footage. However, in the 2010s, the key enabling technologies for the Supercavitating Underwater Vehicle were in place, but the...
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    Korea General RoK Air Force News & Developments

    https://www.dvidshub.net/news/497931/rokaf-and-f-35-jpo-pioneer-first-ever-wing-removal-salvage-damaged-f-35a-training-use# In January 2022, a Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) F-35A aircraft experienced a bird strike that necessitated an emergency landing with the landing gear retracted...
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    Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

    A time-lapse video of the first assembly to the start of the final assembly phase. The video shows the machining of parts, fabrication of critical components and assembly of the front, center and rear fuselage of the first KF-21 mass-produced aircraft over a period of about 10 months from June...
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    Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

    https://www.segye.com/newsView/20250516504410 The first mass- production model KF-21 has entered the final assembly phase. Assembly of the 12th unit has now begun, and a contract for the second batch of 20 Block1 is expected to be signed in June.
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    Korea KTX-II (T-50, TA-50, FA-50) program

    The FA-50's aerial refueling capability is a modification of KAI's existing prototype aircraft, so I think it would be possible to modify the existing airframe. But to add this capability, you'd have to touch the fuselage, so I'm not sure, but if PTDI is willing to do it, it could be done. PTDI...
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    Indonesia Casual Discussion Warkop Indonesia

    Peru didn't buy the daegu class, they bought a model of HHI. The design in question is Hanwha Ocean's (then DSME) design and their model of HHI is irrelevant.

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