Iraq To Be First Export Customer For KAI's Surion Helicopter

Tony Osborne Kim Minseok December 27, 2024

KAI KUH-1 Surion at air show in Seoul — Credit: JYPIX/Alamy Stock Photo

Iraq is to become the first export customer for the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KUH-1 Surion utility helicopter. South Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Dec. 23 that KAI had been awarded a $93.7 million contract to provide two multi-purpose firefighting Surion variants by March 2029. KAI...

Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

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