UK-based Babcock International Group and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore military flying training, air base support and engineering opportunities in central, eastern and southern Europe, Babcock announced on 29 November 2024.
The MoU was signed at a ceremony held at KAI’s office in Seoul, South Korea, by Mark Goldsack, Babcock’s managing director of business growth and AUKUS-related work, and Woorae Cho, KAI’s executive vice president, with Babcock CEO David Lockwood and KAI President and CEO Goo-young Kang also present.
The tie-up between the two companies brings together a combination of miliary aviation experience that covers production, training and support.
“This MoU sees us expand our relationship with the leading aerospace company in South Korea,” Goldsack was quoted as saying in a Babcock press release. “By leveraging KAI’s extensive technical expertise and our military flying training experience, we have the opportunity to position ourselves as an aviation capability partner in international defence markets.”
