Officers pose for a bunch picture to mark the completion of flight checks for Korea’s first homegrown KF-21 fighter jet underneath improvement, Tuesday. Courtesy of Protection Acquisition Program Administration
Korea has efficiently accomplished all deliberate flight checks for the KF-21 fighter jet underneath improvement, the state arms procurement company mentioned Tuesday, with the nation’s first homegrown plane anticipated to sharply increase the army’s air protection capabilities when deployed.
Following the rollout of the primary KF-21 prototype in April 2021, officers have performed round 1,600 flight checks with none accidents, and its ultimate flight check passed off Monday, in line with the Protection Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
DAPA officers mentioned they had been in a position to speed up the flight check section by about two months by increasing venues for the flight check and together with an air-to-air refueling course of within the check section.
Officers plan to finish the event of the fighter jet by the primary half of this 12 months and ship the primary batch of the superior fighter jet to the Air Pressure within the second half.
Korea launched the KF-21 improvement program in 2015 to accumulate a homegrown supersonic fighter to switch the Air Pressure’s ageing fleet of U.S.-made F-4 and F-5 jets. The primary manufacturing mannequin of the homegrown fighter jet entered ultimate meeting in Could final 12 months.
