Korea to Develop New Radars to Better Monitor ADIZ
It will be interesting to see if the new radars really do get fielded in 2027:
South Korea will develop an indigenous long-range radar for air defense in order to replace old ones brought in from abroad, the arms procurement agency said Monday.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration signed a 46 billion won (US$41 million) deal with LIG Nex1 Co. for the four-year development project with a plan to begin its deployment in 2027, the agency said.
The radar would be capable of monitoring and identifying aircraft inside the Korea Air Defense Identification Zone (KADIZ) and sending information to the Air Force’s Master Control and Reporting Center for defense operations.
Yonhap
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what, RADAR?!?!?! What about all the radiation?!?!!? Expect protesters to be blocking roads soon.
Flyingsword don’t you know Korean-made radar doesn’t emit radiation?
In other defense-related news: https://www.airforcemag.com/b-1b-makes-first-us-bomber-visit-to-india-since-1945/
Interestingly, this project was put hold in 2018 and three years later it is back on again.
Considering that this project has been ongoing for quite some time and LIG Nex1, already has a working prototype of the radar in question, I’m surprised that it will be taking five years to deploy them.
Unless of course, they decided to reflect the latest technological trends and change the type of radar from the current planar 3D antenna to an active array. But still LIG Nex1 already has active radar arrays in its product line which means they can modify the current radars for the new role, so why the five years I wonder.
TOK, the five years is so they can have delays, unexpected cost increases, and sell $1,200 hammers, $600 pliers, and $3,000 coffee machines.
I wonder how many toilet seats a radar system might need.
CH, those will be included in the 3rd Block. There was not enough time for the final design, manufacture, quality control, shipping, second QA, user acceptance testing, and final installation in the first two 5-year Blocks. We anticipate they will not exceed $15,000.00 each, and no more than 2 er site are included in the current high-level design.