"Key Player Behind Nuri's Success," Hanwha Aerospace to Showcase Advanced Aerospace Capabilities at Sacheon Airshow

From Advanced Aircraft Engines to Unmanned Aircraft, Drones and Nuri

Hanwha Aerospace will showcase its advanced technological capabilities at the 2026 Sacheon Airshow and present its vision for the future, focused on the joint growth of South Korea's aerospace industry ecosystem.

This year's Sacheon Airshow, held from October 22 to 25 at Sacheon Airfield and across Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, combines the traditional aviation festival with the Global Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (GADEX). A total of 130 companies and organizations from South Korea and abroad are taking part.

Companies from South Korea and abroad will showcase advanced technologies and products and expand global cooperation through export consultations and business meetings.

Hanwha Aerospace exhibition pavilion at the 2026 Sacheon Air Show. [Photo courtesy of Hanwha Aerospace]

At the exhibition, Hanwha Aerospace will showcase its comprehensive aerospace capabilities, ranging from advanced aircraft engines to unmanned aircraft and drones.

The company will present a range of aviation industry capabilities designed to meet the demands of future battlefields, including ▲an “advanced aircraft engine” to be developed for next-generation fighter jets such as the KF-21 ▲a “5,500-pound-thrust turbofan engine,” an unmanned aircraft engine developed using independent domestic technology ▲the “Mojave STOL,” a short takeoff and landing unmanned aircraft ▲canister-type interceptor drones.

Hanwha Aerospace will also exhibit the Nuri, South Korea's homegrown space launch vehicle, for which it led overall production as a private-sector systems integration company. The vehicle successfully completed its fifth launch on October 7.

Hanwha Aerospace helped achieve the successful launch of Nuri by participating in its production and launch operations alongside the Korea Aerospace Research Institute and more than 300 participating companies.

Hanwha Aerospace is also strengthening cooperation with local companies on the development of aircraft engines and unmanned aircraft.

Since launching a “win-win cooperation declaration ceremony” in February, the company has signed an “MOU on cooperation in aircraft engine materials and components,” an “MOU on win-win cooperation in aircraft engine processing,” and an “industry-academia-research cooperation agreement” related to unmanned aircraft and drones.

Through these efforts, the company is expanding opportunities to collaborate across key business areas, including aircraft engines, unmanned aircraft and drones, together with 421 core materials and components partner companies in South Gyeongsang Province.

In addition, following the government's recent designation of the Changwon National Industrial Complex as a “Specialized Complex for the National Advanced Strategic Industry of Advanced Aircraft Engines,” South Gyeongsang Province plans to build an industrial ecosystem spanning the development of core aircraft engine materials and components, testing and certification, and production, together with 43 companies, including Hanwha Aerospace. The province also plans to expand the foundation for the shared growth of large, midsize and small companies.

A Hanwha Aerospace official said, “We will develop advanced technologies through win-win cooperation with our partner companies and build a virtuous cycle of shared growth by using those technologies to expand our presence in global markets.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.