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Schiebel wins Camcopter® S-300 contract for South Korean Navy

21/02/202421/02/2024 Paolo Valpolini Camcopter S-300, Schiebel, South Korea

Vienna, 20 February 2024 – Schiebel, together with Korean based defence solutions companies Hanwha Systems and UI Helicopter, has been

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South Korea selects the Embraer C-390 Millennium

04/12/202304/12/2023 Paolo Valpolini C-390, Embraer, South Korea

Seoul, South Korea, December 04, 2023 – South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has announced Embraer’s C-390 Millennium as

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Saab signs support contract with South Korea for Arthur systems

29/11/202329/11/2023 Paolo Valpolini Arthur, Saab, South Korea

Saab has signed a contract with South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration regarding support and supply of spare parts for

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Taurus air-launched cruise missile looks for new contracts and at technology insertions

02/11/202314/11/2023 Paolo Valpolini Eurofighter, F-15, F/A-18, Germany, LIG Nex1, MBDA, Republic of Korea, Saab, South Korea, Spain, Taurus, Tornado, Typhoon

Considered among the most effective stand-off air launched weapons the Taurus, the air-launched cruise missile developed in the late 1990s

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ADEX 2023 – STX Engine aims at Korean propulsion independence by 2025

17/10/202319/10/2023 Paolo Valpolini ADEX 2023, Hanwha Aerospace, hybrid, Hyundai Rotem, propulsion, SMV 1000, SMV 1360, SMV Hybrid, SMV MK, South Korea, STX Engine

With strict German export controls in the Middle East countries hampering export, South Korean STX Engine is working on developing

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Hanwha demonstrates UGV performances at US Army base in South Korea

29/11/202207/12/2022 Paolo Valpolini Arion-SMET, Hanwha, South Korea, UGV, US Army

29th November, 2022- Hanwha Aerospace has successfully demonstrated the capabilities of its multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), called Arion-SMET, at

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Hyundai Heavy Industries presents the HDP-2200+ OPV design

01/11/202213/01/2023 Luca Peruzzi Euronaval, Euronaval 2020, HDF-3100, HDP-2200+, HHI, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Leonardo, MBDA, OPV, Philippines, South Korea

At Euronaval, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) shipbuilding presented the new HDP-2200+ multi-purpose OPV design. This was selected in May 2022

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Embraer Signs MoUs for Cooperation with the Aerospace Industry in South Korea

27/10/202227/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini ASTG, C-390, DAPA, Embraer, EMK, Kencoa, LTA, Millenium, South Korea

Seoul, South Korea, October 27, 2022 – Embraer announced today that it has signed several Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with the aerospace

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Hanwha rolls out 24 ‘K9PL’ howitzers for Poland

19/10/202219/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini Hanwha, howitzer, K9, K9PL, Poland, South Korea

19th October, 2022– An initial batch of 24 K9 Thunder Self-Propelled Howitzers (SPHs) were rolled out on October 19 to

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Sikorsky Delivers S-92 Helicopter to Korea Coast Guard

11/10/202211/10/2022 Paolo Valpolini Coast Guard, Lockheed Martin, S-92, Sikorsky, South Korea

West Palm Beach, Fla., Oct. 4, 2022 – The Korea Coast Guard accepted the delivery on Sept. 30 of its

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