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| A model of one of several designs for the KFX Fighter |
South Korea plans to pick an engine provider for its indigenous fighter jet project as early as this month, an official at the country's sole aircraft maker said Tuesday.
European engine maker Eurojet Turbo GmbH and U.S. company General Electric are vying to become the supplier for the engines of the next generation combat planes to be built under the Korean Fighter Experimental program, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. said.
"We are in talks with the two companies to select an engine provider for the KF-X project," said a KAI official. "An engine provider will be selected as early as this month."
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