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🇰🇷 KF-21 Boramae
Air · Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) · ~2026
South Korea's indigenously developed twin-engine 4.5-gen multirole fighter, carrying stealth seeds (semi-stealth airframe).
Specifications
- Class: 4.5-gen twin-engine multirole fighter
- Engine: 2× General Electric F414-GE-400K turbofan (~98 kN each with afterburner)
- Speed: Mach 1.8+ (~2,200 km/h)
- Range: Combat radius ~1,000 km, ferry range ~2,900 km
- Crew: 1 (single seat); 2 (twin-seat trainer variant)
- Sensors: Indigenous AESA radar (~1,000 T/R modules), Leonardo SkyWard-K IRST
- Armament: 20 mm cannon, 10 external stations, ~7,700 kg load; Meteor, IRIS-T, JDAM
- Production: First serial aircraft rolled out March 2026; 40 Block I (by 2028) + 80 Block II (by 2032)
- First flight: 19 July 2022
Beats: Birim maliyet ve operasyon yükünde F-35'i geride bırakır (ihracat kısıtı az, sahiplik maliyeti düşük), Yerli AESA + entegrasyon serbestisiyle Rafale F3'ün kapalı mimarisine kıyasla modernizasyon esnekliği yüksek
Loses to: Gerçek gizlilik ve sensör füzyonunda F-35'in açık ara gerisinde (yarı-gizli gövde, dış asılı silah), Muharebe-kanıtlı olgunluk ve entegre silah yelpazesinde Rafale ve Eurofighter Typhoon'un henüz gerisinde
Designed for air forces wanting to field a mass 4.5-gen fleet at low ownership cost while avoiding F-35 restrictions.
Related systems
Related systems (Air): KAAN, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, ANKA-3, Bayraktar TB2, Bayraktar Akıncı, Vyriy OPTO 10, Skydagger, AKBABA, GÖKTUĞ (Gökdoğan/Bozdoğan), SOM
