Korea KF-X/ IF-X (KF-21) program

[Passenger]

I think that ROK has adopted an intelligent approach to developing KF-X. Design an airframe that can be converted to an IWB airframe without re-starting design from scratch, resulting in an aircraft that is very competitive cost-wise with sophisticated 4G fighters, then modify the design to give ROK air force a 5G fighter and address the 5G export market.

ROK could be selling a 4G Rafale/F-16 competitor for quite a few years and also a 5G competitor to F-35 (and KAAN and AMCA when they appear) for many more years.

Maybe it will be called as KF-35.

 

[urban mine]

The video has been released. It doesn't move me the way it used to, but I'm still happy.

 

[urban mine]

Maybe it will be called as KF-35.

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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Future next-generation fighters may well be based on this testbed. Of course, the KF-21 probably won’t remain merely a 4.5-generation fighter either, but we’ll have to wait for the Air Force to make a clear statement before we can be sure.

 

[urban mine]

한화시스템, KF-21 '전자광학 표적획득추적장비' 양산 착수

한화시스템이 개발한 한국형 전투기(KF-21) 전자광학 표적획득추적장비(EO TGP)가 지난 2024년 첫 비행 시제 출고를 앞두고 관측 및 레이저 성능 시험을 하고 있다. 한화시스템 제공 [파이낸셜뉴스] 한화시스템이 한국형 전투기 KF-21에 탑재될 '전자광학 표적획득추적장비'(EO TGP) 양산에 착수한다. 한화시스템은 한국항공우주

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Hanwha Systems announced on the 20th that it has signed its first mass production contract with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for the Electro-Optical Target Acquisition and Tracking System (EOTGP) to be installed on the KF-21.

The contract is valued at approximately 92 billion won, and delivery is scheduled to be completed by November 30, 2028.

 

[Pokemonte13]

Is that a sniper pod?

 

[Sanchez]

Is that a sniper pod?

No, it just looks like one. Like how Aselpod looks like Litening.

 

[TR_123456]

Is that a sniper pod?

''Electro-Optical Target Acquisition and Tracking System (EOTGP)''
So,yes.

 

[urban mine]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2046263982265335995

Here is a detailed article on the Korean Next-Generation Fighter Testbed development program.