Rotorcraft
KAI Maintains Hopes for Surion Sales
KAI has hopes that Indonesia will be the first export customer for the KUH-1 utility transport helicopter
A Surion and a marine Marineon variant (foreground) are seen on the KAI final assembly line at Sacheon, South Korea. (photo: Chen Chuanren via KAI)
A Surion and a marine Marineon variant (foreground) are seen on the KAI final assembly line at Sacheon, South Korea. (photo: Chen Chuanren via KAI)

Despite losing out to the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in the Philippines’ Combat Utility Helicopter program, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) remains hopeful that its KUH-1 Surion helicopter will have a chance in other Southeast Asia helicopter programs.