First F414 Engine for KFX/IFX program has been delivered to South Korea
Like Ananda, i also call this project just KAI KFX (without IFX). After multiple years 'forgot' to pay the required funds, its obvious that the current administration doesnt want to continue with this project.Ahmad, please put everything concerning KFX in this thread S.Korea, Indonesia to develop 4.5 gen fighter aircraft KFX
1. That thread created for topic related to all KFX/IFX, thus being put in separate thread from Indonesian AF thread, and ROKAF thread,
2. Until Indonesia clear still in the program, there's no IFX, and only KFX so far.
EDIT: I have moved Ahmad's engine post over there.
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Well, technically we are still inside the program until there is news in the future who say otherwise, so I believe any one here still has the right to say the program as KFX/IFX. The renegotiation is still happening and we dont know the result yet.Like Ananda, i also call this project just KAI KFX (without IFX). After multiple years 'forgot' to pay the required funds, its obvious that the current administration doesnt want to continue with this project.
Its for South-Korea better to continue alone, without such an unreliable partner.
I couldn't find anything about the photo leakage of the KFX prototype. But it should look very similar to the mock-up presented last year. It is a conventional single engine design without canards. (Edit: looking to the images on KAI's website, its a twin engine design without internal weaponbay.)Leak of KFX/IFX prototype has been circulated online. The original one comes directly from KAI magazine.
That is a double engine.I couldn't find anything about the photo leakage of the KFX prototype. But it should look very similar to the mock-up presented last year. It is a conventional single engine design without canards.
Some specs were also released: Max range 2900 km, max speed 2200 km/h and the F414-GE-400K will deliver 44.000 lbs of thrust.
Sadly there is no recent news yet about the KFX avable on the internet. Only that on 30 June 2020, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced it has received a USD 575 million (688 billion-won) contract from the South Korean Ministry of Defense and its Defense Acquisition Program Administration to manufacture twenty TA-50 lead-in fighters for the Republic of South Korea Air Force (RoKAF) by 2024. It seems to be the second order for the TA-50.
Thank you for sharing! Its good to see that even without financial support of their unreliable partner, there is still progress with the prototype, AESA radar and engine.That is a double engine.
Here is the leak, coming from SK Facebook Page. AESA radar development also said by this page as already been finished and will be officially announced in August
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Here, much cleaner picture from Jane DefenseThank you for sharing! Its good to see that even without financial support of their unreliable partner, there is still progress with the prototype, AESA radar and engine.
April 2021 the roll-out, thats very fast and optimistic, if the prototype is in that condition at this moment. Big chance it will be end 2021.Here, much cleaner picture from Jane Defense
KAI plans to roll out first KF-X prototype in April 2021
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South Korean aerospace and defence company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has revealed that it plans to roll out the first prototype of its Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) multirole fighter aircraft in April 2021.
In the latest edition of its monthly Fly Together magazine the company released an image showing the prototype’s fuselage, which was assembled at KAI’s facilities in Sacheon. No further details were provided about the programme but Janes understands that the prototype is expected to conduct its first flight in 2022.
KAI plans to roll out first KF-X prototype in April 2021
South Korean aerospace and defence company Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has revealed that it plans to roll out the first prototype of its Korean Fighter eXperimental...www.janes.com
Your Welcome bro,April 2021 the roll-out, thats very fast and optimistic, if the prototype is in that condition at this moment. Big chance it will be end 2021.
Thank you for sharing!
That looks very compact for an airborn fighterjet radar.South Korea unveils indigenous AESA radar prototype for KF-X fighter
by Dae Young Kim
South Korea has unveiled an indigenous active electronically scanned-array (AESA) radar prototype for use by the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (RoKAF’s) next-generation multirole fighter aircraft, which is being developed under the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) programme.
The radar, which has been under development since 2016 by South Korean company Hanwha Systems and the country’s Agency for Defense Development (ADD), was unveiled in a ceremony held on 7 August, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA).
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South Korea has unveiled an indigenous active electronically scanned-array (AESA) radar prototype for use by the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (RoKAF’s) next-generation...www.janes.com
According to other news, who has a complete report, the radar is better and more advance than the latest F 16 radar. If I am not mistaken F 16 block 70 also has AESA radar. So this is why I prefer Indonesia wait the acquisition of new fighter until KFX/IFX reach mass production scale inshaAllah in 2026 as plan. While acquiring Su 35 may be still a good choice considering its range and the ability to load many bombs.That looks very compact for an airborn fighterjet radar.
Not many countries can develop such radars, specially advanced and AESA ones.
They have chosen Su 35 but there is CATSA thing emerges, but I believe as India doesnt get sanction from USA with its latest acquisition, Indonesia should not be afraid of acquiring Su 35. And particularly after Biden get elected in November 2020. Furthermore, with the latest offer from Sukhoi to let Indonesia use Westernern avionics on Su 35, the probability to acquire Su 35 is getting bigger. Many people say that our Sukhoi cannot communicate with our western fighter, but with this new development that is not a problem anymore.Yes.
"Very few details have emerged about the AESA radar, which officials have described as a “state-of-the-art system capable of detecting and tracking more than 1,000 targets simultaneously."
Thats quite impressive!
The only problem is the current government, they are not o ly against KFX, but they just can not choose any fighterjet in the last 6 year.