{"id":152039,"date":"2026-05-27T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152039"},"modified":"2026-05-27T09:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T09:00:10","slug":"south-korea-aims-to-join-china-us-at-top-tier-of-loyal-wingman-combat-drone-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=152039","title":{"rendered":"South Korea aims to join China, US at top tier of \u2018loyal wingman\u2019 combat drone race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Korea\u2019s programme to develop engines that can power flying drones to serve as loyal wingmen for fighter jets suggests that Seoul has set its sights on competing at the top level in the global market for autonomous military systems, analysts said.<br \/>\nHanwha Aerospace, one of the country\u2019s largest defence contractors, announced the programme on Tuesday \u2013 a joint project with South Korean space agency Kasa to develop a 4,500-pound-class (2,040kg) turbofan engine by 2029.<br \/>\nThe engine will be&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/military\/article\/3355017\/south-korea-aims-join-china-us-top-tier-loyal-wingman-combat-drone-race?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSouth Korea\u2019s programme to develop engines that can power flying drones to serve as loyal wingmen for fighter jets suggests that Seoul has set&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152039"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=152039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152039\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=152039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=152039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=152039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}