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This announcement is related to Hyundai Rotem's signing of a master agreement with Peru's FAME S.A.C. last year for ground weapons including the K2 tank and APCs. I had missed this.

ZMBŁ will acquire, among other things, production tools and equipment enabling the launch of an assembly line for K2PL tanks and accompanying vehicles in Poland.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/10/hii-and-hd-hhi-ink-agreement-on-shipbuilding/

You're right. From what I understand, ground testing will continue until 2027, after which it will be integrated into the LOWUS prototype for flight testing before actual system development proceeds. The prototypes released now can be seen as practice models before the actual Royal Wingman is built.

https://defencehub.live/threads/uav-programs.2050/post-376865 It is scheduled to be installed on Korean Air's LOWUS (Low Observable Wingman UAV System). Currently, it uses a Ukrainian-made engine. The prototype has been completed, and a rollout ceremony is planned for January next year.

At this year's ADEX, engines under development with Hanwha participation: KTP-1400, KTF-5500, and advanced aero-engine

South Korea's Turboprop Engine Development Plan. Through the two preceding programs, the final turboprop engine prototype for the MUAV was developed. Engine configuration The program to develop the prototype turboprop engine was completed by the end of this year, so the actual engine should...

https://gall.dcinside.com/mgallery/board/view/?id=war&no=4508587&s_type=search_subject_memo&s_keyword=%ED%9B%88%EB%A0%A8%EA%B8%B0&page=1 The Basic Trainer II, as the successor to the KT-1, is designed to achieve optimal training effectiveness for pilot development. It incorporates a LAD-based...

The second prototype of the LOWUS unveiled at ADEX 2025. The KUS-FX, also unveiled, is a small unmanned collaborative aircraft measuring 4m in length, 2.8m in width, and weighing 220kg, with a payload capacity of 20kg. It is equipped with a small turbofan engine producing 1,300N of thrust...

At this ADEX 2025.

A picture of the Aselsan booth, taken in passing.

Hyundai Rotem is not merely a company that sells ground weapons. Hyundai Rotem possesses development expertise, having started methane engine development in 1994 and successfully conducting Korea's first methane engine combustion test in 2006. This year, it secured a contract for the 35-ton...

Hyundai Rotem's Dual Mode Ramjet Engine. Dual Mode scramjet engine as a hybrid cycle with advantage of ramjet and scramjet has one combustor. It works under the ramjet mode (subsonic combustion) and scramjet mode (supersonic combustion) respectively.

At this point, I would like to briefly summarize South Korea's cruise missile series. The Hyunmoo-III series missiles were unveiled around 2010, with the Army variant being released first. The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) announced that it began developing the Hyunmoo-IIIC, a...

ROKS Jang Yeong-sil SS-087

L-PGW (Loitering Precision Guided Weapon)

https://www.rtx.com/news/news-center/2025/10/20/rtxs-raytheon-delivers-first-phantomstrike-radar-for-korea-aerospace-industries Raytheon, an RTX (NYSE: RTX) business, has delivered the first PhantomStrike® radar to Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for their FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft fleet...