Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), an aircraft manufacturer, clinched a 1.4-trillion-won ($1.08-billion) deal from the country’s defense procurement agency to produce combat helicopters.
A six-passenger AS-350 helicopter crashed into the reservoir at 11:08 a.m. while conducting a fire drill, during which it was picking up a large quantity of water.
Multiple AH-64 Apache, twin-engine attack helicopters, fly over Myeong-dong in Jung District, central Seoul, on Monday as to practice for the military parade that will be held on Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1.
According to Gangwon Fire Headquarters, a privately operated helicopter crashed into a mountainside in Yeongwol County, 138 kilometers (85 miles) east of Seoul, at 7:46 a.m. Wednesday.
Korea will embark on a 347.7 billion-won ($271.4 million) project Thursday to locally develop a minesweeping helicopter by 2026 for enhanced naval operations, the state arms procurement agency said.
Officials from the Gangwon provincial government told local reporters that a helicopter crashed into a mountain in Yangyang County, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) northeast of Seoul, at around 10:50 a.m., killing all five people on board.
The state arms procurement agency received an official offer of technology transfer from the manufacturer of a foreign attack helicopter preferred by the Korean Marine Corps, according to a conservative People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker on Monday.
Apache, Black Hawk and Chinook helicopters take off for tactical maneuvers in Icheon, Gyeonggi on Monday in the largest air exercises held by the Korean Army in two years.
U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) received deliveries of the latest Boeing Apache attack helicopters to the 4th Battalion (Attack) and 2nd Aviation Regiment (4-2 AB) at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi, the force's aviation unit said on Friday.
Airbus reaffirmed its commitment to partnerships with Korea ahead of the Seoul ADEX 2021 exhibition.
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