- CEO
- Jong-Chul Kim
- Full Time Employees
- 5,241
- Sector
- Electronic technology
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Address
- 78, Gongdan 1 street Sacheon-si SG South Korea 52529
- IPO Date
- Jun 30, 2011
- Business
- Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KRX:047810) manufactures and sells fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellites, space launch vehicles, and aero structures primarily for defense and civil aerospace applications. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Sacheon-si, South Korea, the company develops and produces supersonic fighter jets including the KF-21 Boramae; advanced trainer and light combat aircraft such as the T-50/FA-50 family and KT-1 Woongbi; utility, maritime, and combat helicopters like the KUH-1 Surion, MUH-1 Marineon, and LAH/LCH models; compact advanced satellites, defense satellites, multi-purpose satellites, and space launch vehicles such as the KSLV-II; as well as aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul services, and training systems. It operates globally with exports to countries including the Philippines, Poland, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates, serving military, government, and commercial customers in the aerospace and defense sector.
In recent developments, Korea Aerospace Industries signed a memorandum of understanding with Lockheed Martin at the 2025 Paris Air Show to expand collaboration on rotorcraft manufacturing, space systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, advanced training, and sustainment technologies, building on prior T-50 and FA-50 programs. The company secured a contract in June 2025 for 12 additional FA-50 light combat aircraft to the Philippines and deferred major export deliveries including Surion helicopters to the UAE and FA-50 to the Philippines into 2025, targeting new orders worth 8.5 trillion won. It also continues initial production of KF-21 engines under a June 2024 contract with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and partnered with U.S.-based Kratos Defense for advanced target systems.