South Korea

The South Korean military has publicly unveiled the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missile, which it claims is the world’s largest ballistic missile armed with a conventional warhead.

Delta Air Lines is adding Seoul to its network from Salt Lake City, starting in June 2025.

Hanwha and its subsidiary Hanwha Defense Australia signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Advanced Navigation.

The first mission is planned as early as March 2025.

The governments have approved a 2.96 trillion won ($2.2 billion) project to regenerate the area around Gimpo.

Seoul is set to acquire WB Electronic's Warmate 1 to promptly bolster its loitering munitions capability.

Swiss startup Jekta has announced an order from South Korean lessor Solyu for 30 of its PHA-ZE 100 hydrogen-electric seaplanes.

Seoul's latest defense budget increase will likely represent a marginal real-terms cut once inflation is factored in.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The move was confirmed by Kim Kyung-nam, head of KAL Aviation Technology Research Institute.

The South Korean defense ministry is proposing a 3.6% year-on-year spending hike.

The South Korean National Defense Ministry says the first of its reconnaissance satellites has passed in-orbit testing and is now operational.

The U.S. State Department has approved Seoul's request to purchase 36 Boeing AH-64E combat helicopters, which would double South Korea's Apache fleet.

Seoul is preparing its future fighter for near-term service and a long-term evolution.

The engineering and manufacturing development phase is scheduled to be completed by 2027.

The design builds on experience from the Air One vertiport operational demonstration in Coventry, England, in April 2022.

South Korea has contracted Hanwha Aerospace to mass produce a high-powered directed-energy weapon, which the country hopes to operationalize by year's end.

A new agreement between South Korea and the Philippines increases weekly capacity on flights connecting Seoul and Manila.

South Korea has awarded initial production contracts for the KF-21 fighter jet to KAI, Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Systems.

Hanwha will integrate its new AESA radar, featuring the "tile" type transmitter/receive (T/R) block design, on to the KUS-LW.

The Republic of Korea Air Force retired its F-4 Phantom fleet on June 5 after 55 years of service.

Nara Space Technology, a South Korean manufacturer of small satellites, announced on May 31 that it had raised $14.5 million in a Series B fundraising.

Archer Aviation plans to demonstrate its Midnight electric air taxi in South Korea late this year.

The Ministry of National Defense’s resource management office introduced policy directions for guided missile operations.

Japan and South Korea's civil aviation regulators have agreed to mutually recognize each other’s aviation certifications and approvals.