Eurojet has offered Seoul its EJ200 turbofan engine to power the Republic of Korea Air Force's (RoKAF's) proposed fifth-generation fighter aircraft, known as KFX.
The offer was submitted to South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) earlier this year in response to a request for information (RfI).
Paul Herrmann, business
development executive at Eurojet, told Jane's on 19 October that the company's offer features a proposed industrial collaboration programme under which local industry in South Korea would licence manufacture the majority of components and systems for the engine, which is also used to power the Eurofighter Typhoon: a platform that is being considered by DAPA to meet the third phase of the RoKAF's next-generation (FX-III) fighter aircraft requirement.Herrmann confirmed that the plan outlines a technology transfer programme to enable South Korean industry to manufacture 60 per cent of the EJ200 engine for the KFX, although details have yet to be established.
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