Aircraft
ADEX 2019: Raytheon and Korean Air Partner for ISTAR
Korean Air and Raytheon are proposing to modify the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet to meet a RoKAF requirement.
An artist’s impression depicts the ISTAR-K, based on the Global 6500 business jet. (Image: Raytheon)
An artist’s impression depicts the ISTAR-K, based on the Global 6500 business jet. (Image: Raytheon)

Raytheon and Korean Air’s Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) announced a partnership on October 15 to pursue the Republic of Korea’s Air Force’s (RoKAF) Intelligence Surveillance Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) program, marketed as ISTAR-K. Under the exclusive collaboration agreement, Raytheon will be the prime contractor and provide multiple-intelligence, or Multi-INT, technologies for the aircraft, while KAL will deliver design, logistics, and life-cycle support services.