La Corée poursuit après le FA-50, l’hélicoptère  Surion … sa politique de développement aéronautique militaire le plus souvent en coopération avec des fournisseurs “installés”. Ces avions sont également sur le marché de l’exportation.

The Korea Aerospace Industries KF-X is a South Korean program to develop an advanced multirole fighter for the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) and Indonesian Air Force (TNI-AU), spearheaded by South Koreawith Indonesia as the primary partner.^[1] It is South Korea’s second fighter development program following the FA-50.

The project was first announced by South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung at the graduation ceremony of the Air Force Academy in March 2001. South Korea and Indonesia had agreed to cooperate in the production of KF-X warplanes in Seoul on July 15, 2010.^[2] The initial operational requirements for the KF-X program as stated by the ADD (Agency for Defence Development) were to develop a single-seat, twin-engine jet with stealth capabilities beyond either the Dassault Rafale or Eurofighter Typhoon, but still less than the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II. The overall focus of the program is producing a 4.5th generation fighter with higher capabilities than a KF-16 class fighter by 2020.^[3][4][5]

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Voir aussi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KAI_KF-X

Une timeline quelque peu dépassée

Une vidéo publicitaire
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