By Greg Waldron2021-07-01T03:26:00+01:00 The Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) will bid to be the main contractor in South Korea’s second Baekdu signals intelligence (SIGINT) aircraft programme. Korean Air says it has already signed a purchase agreement with Dassault Aviation “to speed up preparations for the project”, which will see the provision of four new SIGINT aircraft. Source: Korean Air The RC-2000 SIGINT aircraft is derived from the Falcon 2000S Korean Air did not specify the aircraft type, but the first Baekdu project saw a pair of Falcon 2000S business jets modified into SIGINT aircraft, using intelligence collection and transmission systems developed by local firms LIG Nex1 and Hanwha Systems. The type is designated RC-2000 in Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) service.