KAI Hints At UAS Carrier Capability On MC-X Transport Concept

MCX

An MC-X concept on display at ADEX 2023.

Credit: Kim Minseok
SEONGNAM, South Korea—Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has revealed the development roadmap for its MC-X transport aircraft program at the Seoul ADEX 2023 exhibition, which hints at a "mothership" role to air-launch uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAV) and rockets for space missions. Since its first...
Kim Minseok

Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.

Chen Chuanren

Chen Chuanren is the Southeast Asia and China Editor for the Aviation Week Network’s (AWN) Air Transport World (ATW) and the Asia-Pacific Defense Correspondent for AWN, joining the team in 2017.

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