Korean Air KUS-VT
Korean Air's tiltrotor surveillance development, separately documented from the lift-and-cruise KUS-VS.
- Country / region
- South Korea
- Programme status
- Development / trials
- Sources reviewed
- 21 Sept 2026
- Primary domain
- Air
- System type
- Reconnaissance aircraft
- Developer / manufacturer
- Korean Air Aerospace
- Origin / production countries
- South Korea
- Other names
- No additional names recorded
- Variants / configurations
- Not distinguished in reviewed sources
- Operators / programme customers
- Not identified in reviewed sources
Evidence & current status
Brochure placeholders for mass, payload, engine power, range and endurance are omitted. Continuous system coverage is not individual-aircraft endurance.
Role & capabilities
- Tiltrotor flight
- VTOL surveillance
- Maritime observation offering
Specifications in context
- Airframe
- Tiltrotor
Supplier specification; no independent performance validation established.
Source ↗ - Launch / recovery
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Propulsion
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Dimensions
- 3.5 m length; 5.2 m published width
Supplier specification; no independent performance validation established.
Source ↗ - Mass
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Endurance
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Range
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Speed
- 220 km/h maximum; 200 km/h cruise
Supplier specification; no independent performance validation established.
Source ↗ - Altitude
- 4.5 km published ceiling
Supplier specification; no independent performance validation established.
Source ↗ - Payload
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Sensors
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
Source ↗ - Communications / navigation
- Not established in the reviewed public sources.
Public evidence gap. No estimate or neighbouring variant value has been substituted.
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