South Korea Upgrades F-15K Eagle Fleet with $2.9Billions

Defense News ,South Korea :-  South Korea's air force is spending $2.9 billion to upgrade its F-15K Eagle planes. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced this big project. They're going to improve the planes' radar systems and long-range mission abilities.

The plan is to make the F-15Ks better at finding and hitting targets quickly and accurately. This will make it safer for them to do their job. They'll install new technology like the AN/APG-82 radar and BAE Systems’ AN/ALQ-250 Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System. Also, they'll add a new Large Area Display in the cockpit to help pilots see better.

This project will take place from 2024 to 2034.

The F-15Ks are important for South Korea's air defense. There are 59 of them in use right now. Boeing, a big aviation company, has been taking care of them since 2017. They'll continue doing so for another five years.

These planes are flown by the air force to keep an eye on important places in North Korea, like the Punggye-ri nuclear site and the Sohae Launch facility.