SEJONG, Apr. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it has discussed ways to broaden cooperation in the aviation, space and defense sectors with U.S. aviation giant Boeing Co. Industrial Policy Director General Lee Seung-ryeol met Patty Chang-Chien, the vice president and general manager of Boeing Research & Technology, in Seoul to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arms procurement agency said Friday it will push for a joint research project on high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles with U.S. defense giant Boeing. Officials from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) and Boeing agreed to collaborate on the project at the company’s headquarters in Washington on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Major global defense companies gathered at an international biennial defense trade show in South Korea set to close Sunday to display advanced military hardware and reaffirm their commitment to the local market. The Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arms procurement agency and U.S. defense giant Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Thursday for joint research and development of cutting-edge weapons systems, officials said. Eom Dong-hwan, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and Boeing Defense, Space & Security CEO Theodore Colbert signed the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it has partnered with Boeing to jointly develop an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in preparation for future mobility demand. Korean Air signed a memorandum of understanding with Boeing’s subsidiary Insitu for technical cooperation to develop a lightweight and modularized [...]
ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — PRESAGIS, a technology innovator and a leading provider of graphical user interface development tools and software, is pleased to announce that its products have been chosen to provide Human-Machine Interface (HMI) development capabilities to Boeing. Initiated in 2019, the multi-year agreement provides Boeing with PRESAGIS’ line-up of innovative [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s transport ministry said Monday it has completed checkups on the country’s 151 B737-NG planes for structural cracks, while aiming to finish the repair and replacement work on 13 faulty planes by January. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport discovered structural cracks on 13 B737-NG planes and [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s aviation authorities said Monday they have completed safety checks on two-thirds of the country’s 150 B737-NG planes for possible cracks to ensure safety following a series of accidents. Aviation inspectors finished safety checks on 100 B737-NGs, including 42 jets that have flown more than 30,000 flights, by [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s aviation authorities said Wednesday that they will begin inspecting the country’s nine airlines next month to ensure safety after a series of accidents. The decision came five days after a budget carrier made an emergency return due to defects in the autopilot system. Aviation inspectors will conduct [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Low-cost carriers (LCCs) will be a key growth driver for South Korea’s commercial aviation market and take the lead in the Northeast Asian region market, a Boeing executive said Monday. South Korean LCCs are currently leading the Northeast Asian commercial aviation market, accounting for 65 percent of the entire [...]