2024-04-16 07:32:10
From Phantom to Boramae… ‘10,000 Engine Shipment Ceremony’ held
Securing integrated capabilities in ‘design, production, and MRO’ starting with depot maintenance in 1979
Promoting development of KF-21/6th generation fighter engine
Smart engine factory construction begins… Investment of 40 billion won by 2025
Creating an ecosystem in the domestic aviation engine sector
“Contribution to independent national defense as Korea’s leading aircraft engine company”
Hanwha Aerospace exceeded 10,000 engine products produced for the first time in 45 years. In addition, we are also pursuing factory expansion to preemptively secure the KF-21 engine, the first domestically produced fighter aircraft, and the development platform for the 6th generation fighter engine. The strategy is to secure global-level independent aviation engine development and production technology by the mid-to-late 2030s by building a related ecosystem based on the aviation engine field capabilities accumulated so far.
On the 15th, Hanwha Aerospace produced the 10,000th engine, the F404 engine for the Air Force TA-50 trainer, at Changwon Plant 1 and held a ‘10,000 aircraft engine shipment ceremony’. After the shipping ceremony, a groundbreaking ceremony was held for the smart engine factory to produce the F414 engine to be installed on the KF-21. The smart engine factory, which will be built on an area of about 5,000 pyeong with an investment of about 40 billion won by 2025, will be built as an automated and intelligent factory equipped with IT-based quality control and logistics systems.
Attending the event on this day were Hanwha Aerospace CEO Son Jae-il, Changwon Mayor Hong Nam-pyo, South Gyeongsang Province Vice Governor Kim Myeong-joo, Defense Acquisition Program Administration Director Seok Jong-geon, Changwon Seongsan National Assembly member-elect Heo Seong-moo, Air Force Logistics Command Commander Yoo Jae-moon, Navy Logistics Commander Ahn Sang-min, Director of the Agency for Defense Development Park Jong-seung, and National Defense Technology Research Institute Director Jae-heung Son. About 200 officials from the public, private and military, including the Director of the Promotion Research Institute and Director Heo Geon-young of the Defense Agency for Technology and Quality, attended.
From the F4 Phantom to the KF-21 Boramae… Securing aircraft engine design, testing, and certification technology
Hanwha Aerospace began depot maintenance production of the J79 engine for the Air Force F4 fighter jet in 1979 and has produced a total of 10,000 engines for aircraft, helicopters, and ships over the past 45 years. In this process, we secured basic technologies and systems across aerospace engines, including engine design and analysis, materials and manufacturing, and testing and certification. Based on this, we have developed and produced over 1,800 engines, including guided missile engines and auxiliary power units (APUs), with our own technology. In addition, along with the production of engines for the Air Force’s main aircraft, we have performed maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) for a total of 5,700 engines over 45 years. carried out the project. It is the only company in Korea that has secured integrated capabilities ranging from engine design to materials and manufacturing to after-sales service.
Developed independent engine of the KF-21 class… “2029 150 trillion won global market challenge”
Starting with the production of 10,000 engines and expansion of the factory, Hanwha Aerospace plans to work with the government to develop a 15,000-pound engine, which is the same level as the KF-21 engine, by mid-2030. The current KF-21 engine has a localization rate of only 40%. Previously, we had promoted domestic technical cooperation production based on licenses from overseas companies, but in the future, we plan to secure independent fighter-level engine technology to realize independent national defense. In particular, the plan is to create Korea’s ‘future food’ by entering the global aviation engine market, which will exceed 150 trillion won in size by 2029.
We are also working to create an ecosystem in the aviation engine field centered on domestic companies. Based on this, a mid- to long-term strategy was also revealed to develop cutting-edge proprietary engines and to further develop unmanned aerial vehicles and civil aircraft engines in the future. In addition, a plan to secure advanced technologies such as ‘engine-integrated electric start generator (E2SG)’ and ‘ceramic composite material development’, which are core technologies for 6th generation fighter engine engines that require artificial intelligence (AI) and manned/unmanned complex operation, is also included.
Minister of National Defense Shin Won-sik said in a video message that day, “Aviation engines are an intensive technology that only a very few countries possess, and are a core technology that determines leadership in the aerospace industry.” He added, “The technology that Hanwha has accumulated so far will be a great help in strengthening the Republic of Korea’s national defense capabilities.” He said in congratulatory speech.
Son Jae-il, CEO of Hanwha Aerospace, said, “By combining the efforts of the Army, Navy, Air Force, government, and participating companies, we will increase independence in aviation engine technology that was previously dependent on overseas and contribute to the development of the Korean aviation and defense industries.”
Kim Min-beom, Donga.com reporter [email protected]
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