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| KFX Display Model (File Photo) |
Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., South Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer and total systems integrator, said Tuesday, September 16, that it has inked a deal to build a state-of-the-art development center as it prepares to launch the KF-X fighter program. The new design and testing center for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft will be completed in November 2015 and be able to house 2,000 research and development personnel.
The building will be built by POSCO Engineering Co. at the company's production line in Sacheon, 437 kilometers southeast of Seoul. It will be seven stories tall with a floor space of 24,496 square meters on 4,231 square meters of land.
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| LAH Mock Up (File Photo) |
The center is part of a broader ongoing effort by KAI to hire more engineers and assembly line workers after it was tapped in July as the primary negotiating partner to develop the country's next light civilian helicopter (LCH) and light armed helicopter (LAH) project.
KAI announced in August that it will hire 1,000 new workers for the LCH and LAH, as well as the KF-X program.
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