BigGo Finance
15 September 2026
Korea Airports Corporation has signed a letter of intent with Alatau Future Aviation Group (AAAG), Kazakhstan's designated smart city development company, to participate in a UTM and UATM system construction project.
The signing took place on the 15th at the Korea-Kazakhstan Business Roundtable in Seoul, opening the possibility of the first overseas export of South Korean-made drone and urban air mobility traffic management technology.
The corporation plans to begin pilot operations in select regions in the fourth quarter of this year and expand the project across Kazakhstan by 2028.
Upon formal contract signing, this would mark the first instance of a domestically developed South Korean system being deployed and operated in foreign urban airspace.
President Kim Won-jun said the agreement signifies international recognition of the technology and set his sights on establishing it as the standard for Central Asia's low-altitude aviation market...
