Indeed, the South Korean government has just signed the first order for 20 KF Boramae Block 1 twin-engine fighters for the South Korean air force, paving the way for the commercialization of the aircraft on the international scene.
Even if, or perhaps because of the reasonable technological ambitions of this program, the Boramae presents all the characteristics of a balanced and attractive multi-purpose fighter, which could, quickly, carve out significant market shares on the international market, reproducing the successes of South Korean armor and artillery systems, which regularly prevail in competitions against Western equipment, particularly European equipment.
It comes, moreover, only two years later the first flight of the demonstrator , followed since by five other prototypes, including two two-seaters, having logged several hundred flight hours during the test program.
It only took one year, from the first flight of the Boramae, for the fighter to satisfy a first operational capacity , and only three years, between the first flight and the delivery of the first production aircraft to the South Korean air force.
The fighter has excellent performance, with a maximum speed above Mach 1. Although not stealthy and lacking an ammunition bay, the Boramae is a discreet aircraft. It must, moreover, evolve in the future towards a more advanced, stealthier version, with a fusion of data and extensive sensors, to make it a 5th generation aircraft.
