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Indonesia proposes slashing fighter jet payments to a third: Sources

Indonesia has proposed reducing its promised contribution to the KF-21 fighter jet development project by approximately two-thirds, Korean government sources said Monday.

2024-05-06

Police to investigate Indonesian engineer for suspected jetfighter tech theft

An Indonesian engineer suspected of attempting to steal technologies related to the domestically developed KF-21 fighter jet has been referred to police by the state arms procurement agency for investigation, defense officials said Thursday.

2024-02-22

Indonesian engineers probed over attempted theft of KF-21 fighter jet data

Two Indonesian engineers are being probed over suspicions that they attempted to steal technologies related to the KF-21 advanced multirole fighter jet, Korea’s state arms procurement agency said Friday.

2024-02-02

Korea protests unauthorized entry from Chinese and Russian aircraft

The Ministry of National Defense has lodged complaints against the Chinese and Russian military attachés after their aircraft entered Korea's air defense identification zone (Kadiz) without prior notice.

2023-12-15

F-35A fighter jet faces retirement after hitting an eagle mid-flight

The Korean Air Force on Friday announced it has decided to scrap the F-35A fighter jet that had been damaged after hitting an eagle in January.

2023-12-01

[INTERVIEW] Indonesia sees growing room for partnership on defense and tech with Korea

Korea and Indonesia are pursuing a future-oriented partnership, with deeper defense cooperation just one example of the growing relationship, a senior Indonesian government minister said Thursday...

2023-09-03

Fire away

The Korean-developed fighter jet KF-21 Boramae firing an air-to-air missile during a test run at the Air Force’s 3rd Flight Training Wing in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang on Tuesday.

2023-03-28

Two MOUs on weapons signed between Korea, UAE

Korea and the United Arab Emirates inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) pledging "strategic" defense industry cooperation, Seoul's arms procurement agency said Monday.

2023-01-17

Vigilant Storm exercise features Korean, U.S., Aussie planes

South Korea and the United States started a large joint air exercise on Monday, mobilizing more than 240 aircraft including advanced stealth fighters and electronic warfare aircraft, Seoul’s defense officials said.

2022-10-31

Korea-U.S. air drill to involve 240 aircraft

South Korea and the United States will conduct a large-scale combined air exercise involving 240 aircraft, including their F-35A and F-35B stealth jets.

2022-10-18