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| KF-X C501 Model on display at ADEX (File Photo) |
By JUNG SUNG-K
SEOUL — Western defense contractors participating in South Korea’s biennial arms exhibition tried to convince their hosts they would offer assistance to help build the country’s indigenous fighter jet, code-named KF-X.
The KF-X effort drew keen attention during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX) from Oct. 29-Nov. 3, amid growing calls here for upgrading the country’s fighter fleet more sustainably and coming up with plans to fill a fighter gap over the next decade.
Worries about a lack of fighter jets in the future have been fanned by the government’s latest decision to delay the selection of its F-X program to acquire 60 foreign combat jets. The Seoul government decided to re-tender the F-X in coming months.
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