Hanwha-KAI, Long-Range Air-to-Air Guided Missile KF-21 Integration MOU Signed

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Earlier this year, Hanwha Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), which had pledged cooperation to develop aviation armaments, agreed to strengthen collaboration for the integration of domestic aviation armaments such as long-range air-to-air guided missiles into the KF-21 Boramae.

Hanwha Aerospace and KAI signed a "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Mutual Cooperation for the Successful Development of Long-Range Air-to-Air Guided Missile Systems."

The two companies plan to make joint efforts toward the development of long-range air-to-air guided missiles. Through this, they aim to support the stable development of domestic aviation armaments and the integration and deployment of the KF-21.

Previously, the two companies had promised international joint marketing of domestic aircraft and sharing of supply chains with partner companies through an MOU titled "Agreement on Future Core Business Cooperation for Strengthening Global Competitiveness of K-Defense" in Seoul last February. Later that same month, at the Defense Exhibition and Seminar (WDS) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, they signed a "Business Cooperation Agreement on Aviation Armaments," agreeing to cooperate on aircraft-armament integration and joint export marketing.

Hanwha Aerospace has continuously invested in building technical capabilities for participation in the long-range air-to-air guided missile system development project. Currently, it is participating in a government-led development project to secure "interoperability design technology between air-to-air guided missiles for aircraft integration" by the first half of next year.

Hanwha Aerospace has accumulated over 20 years of technology in solid ducted ramjet propulsion and missile system components.

A Hanwha Aerospace official, speaking to The Korea Economic Daily via telephone, said, "As a leading domestic company for the development and production of solid-propellant guided missiles, we will make all-out efforts across the organization to successfully localize long-range air-to-air guided missiles, which are directly linked to the core competitiveness of South Korean fighter jets."

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