Do you want to access to this and other private contents?
Log in if you are a subscriber or click here to request service

Political transition in South Korea slows down development of the KF-X/IF-X fighter aircraft

Seoul, South Korea - Postponement of one year and a half for the project

Indonesian Defense Ministry's director general for defense potential Pos M. Hutabarat declared that the joint programme between South Korea and Indonesia for the development of the KF-X/IF-X 4.5-generation multirole fighter aircraft will be slowed down by ongoing Seoul's political transition. Park Geun-hye, the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea, took her office only on February...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1150195
Rome, Italy, 03/01/2013 14:46
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

Similar

Civil aviationItaly. Grottaglie factory (2): Leonardo's relaunch plan

Cingolani (ceo): "Diversifying production and technologies, we are speeding things up"

To diversify production and technologies. These are the two cornerstones around which the plan of the Italian Leonardo Group, specialized in the aerospace and defense sectors, would relaunch and develop... more

DefenseTokyo and Seoul are talking about defense again

Communication line between the two countries reopened after nine years

Relations between Seoul and Tokyo have been unfrozen. In fact, Japan and South Korea have returned to jointly talking about defense. This hasn't happened since August 2015. Nine years after the last meeting,... more

DefenseBelarus would maintain Russian helicopters

This is what Ukraine's Center for National Resistance reveals

A Belarusian factory is reportedly repairing Russian military helicopters used in the war against Ukraine. This would be a maintenance center located at the Baranavichy base, where repair and overhaul... more