Hanwha Aerospace and KAI Join Forces for Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile Development

Supporting the Development of Long-Range Air-to-Air Missiles
and the Integration and Force Build-Up of the KF-21

Hanwha Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) are strengthening their collaboration for integrating domestically developed air-launched weapons, such as long-range air-to-air guided missiles, into the KF-21 Boramae fighter jet.

Baek Gibong, Head of PGM2 Business Unit at Hanwha Aerospace, and Baek Junghyun, Head of Fixed-Wing Business 1 at Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) Domestic Business Headquarters, are posing for a commemorative photo at the KF-21 Long-Range Air-to-Air Development Project Cooperation MOU signing ceremony held last July at KAI headquarters in Sacheon, Gyeongnam. Hanwha Aerospace

Hanwha Aerospace and KAI announced on the 23rd that they have signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for Mutual Cooperation to Ensure the Success of the Long-Range Air-to-Air Guided Missile System Development Project."

Based on this partnership, both companies plan to support the stable development of domestic air-launched weapons and the integration and force build-up of the KF-21.

Earlier in February, the two companies signed an MOU for joint cooperation on key future projects aimed at strengthening the global competitiveness of K-Defense, as well as an MOU for cooperation on air-launched weapons projects. They agreed to work together on aircraft-weapon integration and joint marketing for exports.

The two companies are closely collaborating in the domestic aircraft development and production sector. Regarding the KF-21, the first domestically developed fighter jet for which system development was completed in June, Hanwha Aerospace supplies the aircraft engines, landing gear, and flight control systems, while Hanwha Systems is involved in the active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, electro-optical targeting equipment (EO-TGP and IRST), and mission computers (MC).

A Hanwha Aerospace representative stated, "We will dedicate company-wide efforts to the successful localization of long-range air-to-air guided missiles, which are directly linked to the core competitiveness of domestic fighter jets," adding, "We will also contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of domestic air-launched weapons through continued cooperation among companies."

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