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The state arms procurement agency has requested a police investigation into an Indonesian engineers alleged attempt to steal technologies related to a joint fighter jet development project, defense officials said Thursday.

South Korea now should focus on fostering defense academia and young talents to become a leader in the global defense industry, says Kang Eun-ho, former chief of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. “In the past, Korea followed a catch-up strategy (in advancing its defense industry), which was a second-place strategy,” said Kang in an interview with The Korea Herald in Seoul on Feb. 5. “F...

The two countries also inked a memorandum of understanding to further strengthen defense cooperation.

Indonesia said its engineers under probe over allegedly stealing technologies related to the KF-21 fighter jet under development will provide their full cooperation in the investigation, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday.

South Korea is mass-producing its own unmanned aerial vehicle, 14 years in development, to boost its reconnaissance capabilities against the North.

Korea on Tuesday launched a research project to develop a fighter jet engine by the mid-to-late 2030s as part of efforts to acquire key homegrown defense technologies.

Korea has begun deploying an advanced command post vehicle to the Army, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday, amid efforts to introduce high-tech equipment to improve the militarys operational capabilities.

Saab from Sweden Secures Major Contract for Arthur Radar Support in South Korea

South Korea will push for using commercial satellites in low Earth orbit in a military communication system to efficiently enhance combat capability of the armed forces, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. The Defense Rapid Acquisition Technology Research Institute under the state-run Agency for Defense Development signed a 39.8 billion won ($30.6 million) project with Hanwha Systems Co. for development o...

Korea will push for using commercial satellites in low Earth orbit in a military communication system to efficiently enhance combat capability of the armed forces, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday.