Hyundai Rotem Company and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) will work together to localize air armament technologies, including long-range air-to-air missiles to be mounted on the KAI KF-21 Boramae, South Korea’s indigenous fighter jet.
사진 확대 Cho Hyung-joon, head of Hyundai Rotem Company’s AD&RH Division, left, and Kim Yong-min, head of KAI’s business division, pose for a commemorative photo at the signing ceremony for the memorandum of understanding on business cooperation in air armament, held on the 12th at KAI’s headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province.
Hyundai Rotem Company said on the 13th that it signed a memorandum of understanding on business cooperation in air armament at KAI’s headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, on the 12th. The agreement was designed to expand technological cooperation and exchanges in the air armament sector, based on the core capabilities of both companies, and to strengthen their competitiveness in the global market.
As package exports that combine aircraft and weapons are expanding in the global defense market, the company aims to offer a total solution by combining Hyundai Rotem Company’s guided weapon and propulsion technologies with KAI’s aircraft technology. A Hyundai Rotem Company official said, “This agreement will serve as an opportunity to further strengthen the competitiveness of both companies in future air armament technologies,” adding, “Based on our expertise and business capabilities, we will contribute to strengthening national defense and enhancing self-reliant defense capabilities.”
Earlier in February, Hanwha Aerospace and LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A) each signed an MOU on air armament business cooperation with KAI at the World Defense Show (WDS) in Saudi Arabia. As KAI is the prime systems integrator for the KAI KF-21 Boramae, it has now established air armament cooperation ties with all major defense firms.
The KAI KF-21 Boramae is currently equipped with Meteor, a long-range air-to-air missile developed by Europe’s MBDA. The government is also pushing ahead with domestic development of long-range air-to-air missiles while expanding the KF-21’s weapons operation capabilities. In the competition for prototype contractors for the long-range air-to-air guided missile system development project led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), the three major defense companies — Hyundai Rotem Company, LIG D&A and Hanwha Aerospace — have all entered the race.
This article has been translated by GripLabs Mingo AI.
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