Flight International online news 14:00 GMT: The first Boeing Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response (SLAM-ER) for the Republic of Korea Air Force (RoKAF) rolled out recently during a ceremony at Boeing's Weapons Enterprise Capability Center in St. Charles, Missouri.
The Republic of Korea is the SLAM-ER's first international customer.
The RoKAF will use the over-the-horizon, precision-strike SLAM-ER with its 227kg (500lb) warhead with its fleet of Boeing-built F-15K multi-role fighters, which are due to arrive in Korea this autumn.
Boeing has been working with the RoKAF since 2002 with the SLAM-ER but the company's weapons' relationship with Korea goes back to 1976 with Harpoon, the surface-to-surface anti-ship missile.
Boeing says other countries have shown interest in SLAM-ER recently. A NATO country has selected the system for integration on its F-16 aircraft, while SLAM_ER is also competing in the Air 5418 follow-on stand-off weapon programme for the Australian Defence Force.
Source: Flight International