Korean Air Holds Stealth Drone Technology Exchange Meeting

Korean Air announced that it held a low-observable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) core technology exchange meeting over two days starting on the 26th at a hotel in Busan. Low-observable technology minimizes radar signal reflection or absorbs radio waves to maintain stealth status. Each country considers stealth UAV technology a key element for strategic superiority.

Jungwoo Park, Head of Aerospace Business Division at Korean Air (fifth from the right in the front row), Wooseop Oh, Director of Aircraft Technology Research Institute at the Agency for Defense Development (sixth from the right in the front row), Sehoon Kim, Director of Infrastructure Power Division at the Air Force Planning Staff (fourth from the right in the front row), and key officials are taking a commemorative photo before the event.
[Photo by Korean Air]

Korean Air, together with the Agency for Defense Development, is developing the nation's first low-observable UAV squadron. The goal is to unveil it for the first time next year. The company explained that it is a manned-unmanned combat aircraft complex system where multiple UAVs form a squadron around a manned aircraft to provide support. At the inaugural technology exchange meeting, sessions were divided according to the latest technology development trends, covering platform technology, flight control and mission software technology, and structural technology.

Some participants visited Korean Air’s Aerospace Business Headquarters Tech Center in Busan to observe the status of UAV manufacturing and maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) operations. Kim Kyung-nam, head of Korean Air’s Aircraft Technology Research Institute, said, "As this is the first core technology exchange meeting for unmanned aerial vehicles hosted and organized by Korean Air, it will play a significant role in satisfying the thirst for technology exchange among related parties."

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