Korea Dipping Toes Into ‘Loyal Wingman’ Concept For KF-21

Kim Minseok Chen Chuanren October 22, 2021
KAORI-X flying wing model alongside the KF-21.
Credit: Kim Minseok
SEOUL AND SINGAPORE—South Korean defense agencies and manufacturers are in the exploratory stages of developing manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) platforms to operate alongside the Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) KF-21 Boramae fighter. KAI has put up two concepts—one for a new flying wing platform...
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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