The military is set to decide the airframe and type of engine for the long-delayed indigenous fighter program, codenamed KF-X, with the goal of deploying the aircraft from 2023.Twenty billion won ($18.9 million) from the defense budget for 2014 has been appropriated for deciding its design ㅡ a derivative of an airplane or a clean-sheet, brand-new airplane ㅡ and engine ㅡ one with a single engine and the other with two ㅡ seen as the final intersection ahead of kick-starting the KF-X.
The defense ministry, Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) will submit their recommendation to the military decision-making committee as early as next month.
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