KAI as an Aircraft System Integrator conducts maintenance and sustainment support for lifecycle management in addition to development, production, and test and evaluation of the aircraft. KAI had taken part in the maintenance business of the US Marine Corps’ large-sized transport copter, CH-53 and in the present, the company carries out depot maintenance of the U.S. Air Force’s F-16 fighter jet and the Republic of Korean Navy’s maritime patrol aircraft, P-3CK.
※ PBL : Performance Based Logistics
The purchase of weapons system sustainment as an affordable, integrated package based on output measures such as weapons system availability, rather than input measures, such as parts and technical services.