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\uc0ac\uc9c4 \ud655\ub300 Jo Hyung-jun, left, head of Hyundai Rotem Company’s AD&RH division, 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 Aerial Armament’ held on the 12th at KAI’s headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. [Provided by Hyundai Rotem Company] <\/p>\n
Hyundai Rotem Company is joining forces with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) to cooperate on the localization of aerial armament technologies, including long-range air-to-air missiles to be mounted on the KF-21.<\/p>\n
According to Hyundai Rotem Company on the 13th, the company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KAI the previous day at KAI’s headquarters in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, to enhance the global competitiveness of the K-Defense Industry and advance aerial armament.<\/p>\n
The signing ceremony, attended by officials including Jo Hyung-jun, head of Hyundai Rotem Company’s AD&RH division, and Kim Yong-min, head of KAI’s business division, was arranged to expand technology cooperation and mutual exchange in the aerial armament sector and to strengthen competitiveness in the global market based on the core capabilities of both companies.<\/p>\n
Through the agreement, the two companies plan to expand cooperation in several areas, including technology collaboration for development and systems integration between aircraft platforms such as the Korean supersonic fighter KAI KF-21 Boramae and aerial armament including long-range air-to-air missiles, the discovery of package-type export models linking aircraft platforms with onboard weapons, and joint identification of domestic and overseas business opportunities as well as global marketing.<\/p>\n
The MOU is significant in that it aims to secure competitiveness in a total solution that provides aircraft and weapons as one package by combining Hyundai Rotem Company’s guided weapon and propulsion system technologies with KAI’s aircraft platform technology, in response to the growing trend in the global defense market of package-type exports that offer aircraft and armaments together.<\/p>\n
Beyond this agreement, Hyundai Rotem Company also plans to contribute to strengthening the competitiveness of South Korea’s space industry and expanding domestic and overseas markets through its broad space business capabilities.<\/p>\n
Hyundai Rotem Company has steadily expanded its business beyond ground weapon systems into the aerospace sector. It has built independent aerospace technology capabilities by carrying out research and development on various future propulsion systems, including the development of hypersonic propulsion systems, a key technology for aerial armament.<\/p>\n
Last year, the company won a range of key research and development projects, including a methane engine technology development project for reusable launch vehicles led by the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement (KRIT), as well as projects led by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) to develop a prototype long-range air-to-air guided weapon and the Hycore hypersonic vehicle, further broadening its position as a key company in the future aerospace sector.<\/p>\n
A Hyundai Rotem Company official said, “This agreement will serve as an opportunity to further strengthen competitiveness in future aerial armament by combining the core technologies of both companies.” The official added, “Based on our expertise and business capabilities, we will contribute to strengthening national defense and enhancing self-reliant defense capabilities through healthy competition, while also working to help the domestic defense industry develop on the basis of diversity.”<\/p>\n
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