South Korea's first homegrown KF-21 fighter jet has passed a "full" combat readiness evaluation, marking the completion of the final phase of the performance verification process in its development, ...

SEOUL, March 25 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung on Wednesday touted the country's first mass-produced homegrown KF-21 fighter jets as a symbol that embodies "aspirations for self-reliant defense," ...

South Korea plans to accelerate the retirement of its aging F-5 fighter jets by the end of next year, the Air Force chief has ...

The Korean-made KF-21 Boramae fighter jet has received final combat suitability approval, marking a major milestone for the country’s indigenous ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Nine years after development of South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae began, the government has signed a deal ...

Summary and Key Points: South Korea’s KF-21 Borame fighter is progressing toward mass production, with the first batch of 20 aircraft expected by 2027. The 4.5+ generation fighter, developed by Korean ...

Summary: Negotiations between Indonesia and South Korea continue over the KF-21 fighter jet development. Indonesia seeks to reduce its contribution from 1.6 trillion won to 600 billion won, which ...

The development programme for the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter has started tests with a new active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar installed. The flight test with the new, ...

The Korean fighter jet “KF-X Project” began in March 2001 when then-President Kim Dae-jung declared the intent for indigenous development of advanced fighter aircraft. The project began in earnest at ...

DAPA confirmed to Janes that Indonesia's cost share for the KF-21 fighter aircraft (seen here) has been reassessed and lowered by KRW100 billion. (Korea Aerospace Industries) The overall cost of the ...

The head of South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has mooted the possibility of dropping Indonesia from the joint Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 fighter programme. In an ...

Korea Aerospace Industries is preparing a First Flight Readiness Review for its KF-21 multirole fighter aircraft (seen here in a computer-generated image). (Korea Aerospace Industries) Korea Aerospace ...