Hanwha Systems soon to install radar on S.Korea fighter jet

The active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar developed jointly by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) and defense contractor Hanwha Systems Co. for KF-21, South Korea's first homegrown fighter jet has received a interim combat compatibility certification, paving the way for mass production.

Hanwha Systems announced on Friday that KF-21 obtained on May 16 the interim combat compatibility certification, and its AESA radar also received the same assessment.

The interim combat compatibility certification is a procedure designed to simultaneously develop and mass-produce a weapon system that takes a long time from development to production, in order to rapidly deploy the system.

The AESA radar, developed by Hanwha Systems in collaboration with ADD, is a core equipment for future fighter jets that performs various missions such as detection and tracking of multiple airborne, ground and maritime targets, and support for close combat operations.

Write to Mi-Sun Kang at misunny@hankyung.com