韩国第一架KF-X原型机已组装完成92%，将在4月份问世_风闻

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SACHEON, South Gyeongsang Province ― South Korea is set to roll out the first prototype of its indigenously developed next-generation fighter jet, widely known as the Korean Fighter eXperimental (KF-X) aircraft, late next month.

庆尚南道沙川报道——韩国将于下个月晚些时候推出其自主研发的下一代战斗机的首架原型机，即众所周知的韩国战斗机实验飞机(KF-X)。

A total of six prototypes are in the final stages of assembly at the Korean Aerospace Industries (KAI) headquarters in Sacheon, Gyeongsang Province. Test flights will be carried out next year, following ground testing after the April roll-out.

位于庆尚道的韩国航空航天工业总部(KAI)，总共有6架原型机处于最后的组装阶段。在4月推出后，将进行地面测试，明年进行试飞。

Industry officials expressed expectations that the KF-X would not only help accelerate domestic production of fighter jet parts but also bring about a considerable economic effect, creating jobs for about 110,000 people during the full development period planned through 2028. Since the KAI embarked on the KF-X development project in 2016 after winning the contract from the government the previous year, the project has created jobs for more than 10,000 people as of 2020, according to the company.

业内官员表示，预计KF-X不仅将有助于加快战斗机零部件的国内生产，还将带来可观的经济效应，在全面开发期间（计划持续到2028年），将为约11万人创造就业机会。据该公司称，自2016年KAI从政府获得合同后开始KF-X开发项目以来，截至2020年，该项目已经为超过10000人创造了就业机会。

Officials also expressed expectations that the KF-X fighter jets will compete in the global market with fifth-generation fighter jets such as the U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and F-22, based on price and technology competitiveness. According to the KAI, the KF-X is designed as a 4.5-generation jet whose basic hardware and platform could be used for further development and conversion into a fifth-generation one with improved “stealth” technologies.

官员们还表示，基于价格和技术竞争力，KF-X战斗机将与美国航空航天巨头洛克希德·马丁公司的F-35和F-22等第五代战斗机在全球市场上展开竞争。据KAI介绍，KF-X被设计为4.5代喷气机，其基本硬件和平台可用于进一步开发，并转换为具有改进版“隐形”技术的第五代喷气机。

“As the KF-X has been equipped with hardware to become a stealth fighter, we are currently exploring ways to apply stealth technologies to the jet, although we have yet to specify details for further developments as the military has yet to present the details necessary for further developments after Block I and Block II stages of the KF-X development project,” Jung Kwang-sun, director general of the KF-X Program Group under the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), told reporters who were visiting KAI headquarters, Feb. 24.

“由于KF-X已经装备了可以成为隐形战斗机的硬件，我们目前正在探索将隐形技术应用到这种喷气式飞机上的方法，但我们还没有明确进一步开发的细节，因为军方还没有在KF-X开发项目的第1和第2阶段之后提供进一步发展的必要细节，”2月24日，韩国国防采办项目管理局下属的KF-X项目小组主任Jung Kwang-sun对访问KAI总部的记者说。

The KF-X project is an “evolutionary development” project which is divided into two phases. The first phase, or the Block I stage, is about developing the basic system of the fighter jet from 2016 to 2026. The second phase, or the Block II stage which would be carried out from 2026 to 2028, is about adding more weapon systems.

KF-X项目是一个“进化型开发”项目，分为两个阶段。第一阶段，即Block I阶段，是从2016年到2026年开发战斗机的基本系统。第二阶段，或称Block II阶段，将从2026年到2028年进行，在于增加更多的武器系统。

While the core equipment of the KF-X has been developed with domestic technologies, including active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, infrared search and track (IRST) equipment, electro-optical target tracking (EO TGP) devices and electronic warfare (EW) suite, the target ratio of localization is 65 percent, in terms of the total costs of the parts used for the jet.

虽然KF-X的核心设备是用国内技术开发的，包括有源电子扫描阵列(AESA)雷达，红外搜索和跟踪(IRST)设备，光电目标跟踪(EO TGP)设备和电子战(EW)套件，但本土化的目标比例为65%，这是根据用于喷气机的部件的总成本计算的。

With 10 stations on the jet, about 50 different weapons combinations that weigh up to 7.7 tons can be carried. The total fuel capacity of the jet is 5.3 tons and it has aerial refuelling capability.

这种喷气机上装有10个挂点，大约50种不同的武器组合，可携带重量高达7.7吨。这种喷气式飞机的总燃料能力是5.3吨，并且具有空中加油能力。