SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Friday it has completed the first stage of a project to develop an advanced military submarine rescue vessel that can operate down to depths of up to 500 meters regardless of poor weather conditions. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) launched the ASR-II project in November [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense authorities on Wednesday approved a procurement project to improve the military’s system to identify aircraft and determine whether it’s an enemy or a friendly force. In a monthly meeting on pending arms-related projects, presided over by Defense Minister Han Min-koo, the military decided to launch the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) program next year via both the country’s own R&D [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Some South Korean military units are operating newly developed small tactical vehicles, modeled after the Humvee, in a field operation test, the nation’s arms procurement agency said Wednesday. Five types of indigenous multipurpose wheeled vehicles have been delivered to such forward-deployed units as the Army’s 12th Division and the [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Air Force has decided to buy four of Airbus D&S’ in-flight tanker, the A330 MRTT, in a somewhat unexpected choice to pick a European and not an American aircraft. Kim Si-cheol, a representative of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), said on June 30 that the administration mulled over [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The state arms procurer said Wednesday it has agreed with the country’s largest aerospace company on technological terms in a next-generation light civilian and military chopper development project. In July 2014, the Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) was tapped as the primary negotiating partner to be in charge of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean Marine Corps plans to adopt and supply new Garrison caps to the military, replacing its current octagon caps. Officers at headquarters have been wearing them since January of last year, according to an official in the military. Based on favorable feedback from the early-adopters, the naval force asked [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Indonesia will accelerate their effort in cooperating in developing fighter jets. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration in South Korea signed an agreement with Indonesia’s Ministry of Defense to develop the “Boramae,” or KF-X, fighter jets. The agreement, a follow-up to a contract signed in July 2010, sets [...]