Zitat:S Korea Chooses Two AWACS Bidders

(Source: Korean Information Service; issued Sept. 3, 2004)

The Defense Ministry selected two final competitors to launch its 2 trillion won ($1.3 billion) airborne reconnaissance system for the Air Force, ministry officials said on Thursday (September 2).

American manufacturer Boeing and IAI Elta from Israel were chosen. The ministry expected five bidders but three did not join the process.

The project, the code-named E-X, is one of the largest-scale procurement projects aimed at deploying four Airborne Early Warning and Control systems, commonly known as AEW & C. Two will be deployed by 2009 and the others by 2011.

The project came as the government is trying to build up its own defense posture against possible North Korean aggression. The United States is initiating to withdraw one third of its troops stationed in South Korea along with its repositioning of global forces to better cope with enemies like terrorists.
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Zitat:In 2004 four major programs are to start, the first of which is the VHX competition for three large VIP helicopters worth $100 million. Contenders are the Mi-17, EH101 and S-92 and before the end of this year a contract should be signed with deliveries completed in 2006.

Zitat:hawkeye87 postete
südkorea will sich offenbar zunehmend selbständiger machen.
in der badischen zeitung stand auch was, dass südkorea irgendwas mit der uranranreicherung gemacht hat. ich werd versuchen den artikel im netz zu finden.

Zitat:Südkorea gibt geheime Atom-Experimente zu

Wissenschaftler in Südkorea haben versucht, Uran anzureichern. Die Regierung in Seoul gesteht nun ein, gegen den Atomwaffen-Sperrvertrag verstoßen zu haben.

Südkoreanische Wissenschaftler haben versucht, Uran anzureichern. Das berichtet der britische Rundfunksender BBC unter Berufung auf informierte Kreise in Seoul.
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Zitat:shadowghost postete
Stimmt es eigentlich, dass Südkorea noch raue Mengen an älteren Phantoms besitzt?

Zitat:Korea to Develop Unmanned Stealth Plane

Korea is looking to develop a stealth fighter plane that can be piloted by remote control by the 2020s. The U.S. and other developed countries are already developing so-called unmanned combat air vehicles or UCAV, but none are in use.

Zitat:South Korea’s defence ministry approves 20 Boeing F-15K fighters to keep line alive until 2011

South Korea’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) has approved the acquisition of a follow-on batch of 20 Boeing F-15K fighters for the country’s air force, in a move which could safeguard the US manufacturer’s production line for the type until at least 2011.
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Zitat:Boeing Wins South Korea’s Surveillance Plane Project
By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, SEOUL


U.S. aircraft giant Boeing was named Aug. 3 to supply surveillance planes as South Korea upgrades its ability to monitor the movement of North Korean forces, officials said.
Boeing beat out IAI ELTA of Israel to sell four E-737 planes worth two trillion won ($2.09 billion) to South Korea by 2012, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said.

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Zitat:South Korean Government Signs Contract for More T-50 Golden Eagle Trainers
Lockheed Martin
Dec 14, 2006 - 7:23:16 AM


SACHEON, South Korea: The Government of South Korea has signed a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) for approximately 50 additional T-50 and TA-50 Golden Eagle advanced jet trainers bringing, the total number of T-50s ordered by South Korea to more than 70. ...

Zitat:Korea to Buy 20 Foreign Fighter Jets Next Year

Zitat:Korea has decided to choose a foreign contractor through open bidding to supply 20 "next-generation" fighter jets in the coming years, a project to cost around 2.3 trillion won ($2.4 billion), defense officials said Wednesday (Jan. 17).

Zitat:Korea has pushed for the purchase of 120 next-generation fighter jets as part of its blueprint for overhauling the military's structure and drastically increasing combat capability by 2020.

"It is a plan to secure 20 highly efficient multipurpose fighter jets to actively counter threats by neighboring countries under the National Defense Reform 2020 project," Kim said. "We will introduce the aircraft between 2010 and 2012."

Zitat:He indicated that Lockheed Martin's F-35 model will be ruled out, saying the Air Force needs double-engine fighters.
"There are a lot of differences between the single-engine F-35 and what our military needs, including weapons capacity and flight scope," Kim said.