The first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae took to the skies from the Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. manufacturing plant in Sacheon, about 300 kilometers south of Seoul, heading north to an Air Force unit ...

The Philippines may acquire 40 KF-21 Boramae fighters, potentially transforming Indo-Pacific airpower and strengthening defence ties with South Korea.

Korea's 2027 budget more than doubles KF-21 fighter production funding to 3.3 trillion won and allocates 96.6 billion won for a nuclear-powered submarine.

LIG Defense & Aerospace (LIG D&A) and Hanwha Aerospace are expected to divide key sectors in the development of South Korea’s ...

South Korea moves beyond the KF-21 with a sixth-generation fighter study focused on AI, stealth, drone teaming, internal weapons bays and advanced propulsion.

Air Force Maj. Ahn Jun-hyun, who successfully conducted the maiden flight of the nation's first domestically developed fighter jet, Tuesday, admitted that he felt substantial psychological stress ...

KF-21 Boramae Block I 4.5-generation fighter ahead of its delivery to Yecheon Air Base in South Korea in September 2026. (Republic of Korea Air Force) The first production Korea Aerospace Industries ...

Korea Aerospace Industries has signed an additional KF-21 supply agreement worth 2.39 trillion won ($1.76 billion), selling 20 more of South Korea’s next-generation fighter jets. According to the ...

The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said on the 23rd that it held a kick-off meeting for an additional weapons testing program for the Korean fighter KF-21 at Korea Aerospace ...

At a commencement ceremony of the Korea Air Force Academy on March 20, 2001, late President Kim Dae-jung made a promise to the cadets, “We’ll let you cadets ride fighter jets developed by Korea.” The ...

The domestic fighter jet KF-21 Boramae has been fully developed, marking the completion of the project approximately 10 years and 7 months after the start of the system development program. With the ...