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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea could delay awarding an eight trillion won ($6.9 billion) contract for 60 dvanced fighter planes, the arms procurement agency said June 20 after setting a new deadline for bids.
The makers of Boeing’s F-15 Silent Eagle, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II and the Eurofighter Typhoon had submitted bids when the original deadline expired June 18.
But the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) reopened bidding June 19, citing what it called errors in the relevant documents, and set a new date of July 5 for submissions.
“Our plan to make a decision by the end of October is not a deadline, but a target,” DAPA commissioner Noh Dae-Rae told Yonhap News Agency in comments confirmed by a spokesman for the agency. “We could delay the timing of selecting a supplier at any time if it is necessary for the national interest.”
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