SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean and Indonesian defense officials have reaffirmed their cooperation for a joint project to develop the KF-21 fighter jet, the South’s arms procurement agency said Monday. Seok Jong-gun, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), and Donny Ermawan Taufanto, Indonesia’s deputy minister of defense, discussed the joint [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Air Force fighter jet pilots were booked Thursday over last week’s accidental bombing of a village after pilot error was found to be the cause of the accident, the defense ministry said. Last Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force reaffirmed pilot error as the main cause of an unprecedented mistaken bombing on a civilian town last week, as it released Monday the interim probe results of the fighter jet accident. Two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Friday a total of 29 people, including 15 civilians, have been injured from an accidental fighter jet bombing of a northern village earlier this week. On Thursday, two KF-16 fighter jets “abnormally” dropped eight MK-82 bombs outside a training range in Pocheon, some 40 kilometers [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The industry ministry and the state defense procurement agency will join hands to develop advanced engines for next-generation fighter jets and unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), officials said Wednesday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) held a task force meeting to discuss [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began production of the homegrown KF-21 fighter jet Wednesday, the defense procurement agency said, in the latest milestone in the country’s efforts to build an advanced fighter aircraft. A ceremony marking the assembly of the first KF-21 production model took place at Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Indonesia, which had agreed to share a portion of the development costs and receive technology transfers for South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet, has recently proposed paying only about a third of its originally committed share while also accepting a reduced level of technology transfer, according to sources familiar with the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The top diplomats of South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to continue to work on the joint development of a fighter jet, a project in delay due to Jakarta’s suspended payment for its share, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The discussion took place between Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The state arms procurement agency has requested a police investigation into an Indonesian engineer’s alleged attempt to steal technologies related to a joint fighter jet development project, defense officials said Thursday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) made the request Wednesday after concluding a preliminary joint government probe into [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s arms procurement agency has visited Indonesia to try to resolve Jakarta’s unpaid share of costs for a joint fighter jet development project, his office said Thursday. Eom Dong-hwan, minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), left for Indonesia on Wednesday and is expected [...]