South Korea To Buy Up To 40 F-35A Fighters For Its F-X Program

摘要

The Pentagon's costly Joint Strike Fighter program has been given a welcome boost with South Korea formally announcing a decision to select the fifth-generation F-35A Lighting Ⅱ aircraft for its F-X program, according to the plane's manufacturer Lockheed Martin. The plan to purchase the F-3S over the Eurofighter is expected to shore up F-35 production and bring down unit costs as the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps look to cut costs by slowing the procurement of their B- and C-model variants, according to Lockheed spokesman Eric Schnaible.