South Korea is expected this week to name the Boeing F-15K as the winner of its controversial F-X fighter programme. The government is favouring General Electric's F110 engine over the Pratt & Whitney F100, say industry sources. The GE engine has never been ordered by an F-15 customer, although the US Air Force certificated the engine on the F-15E. Both manufacturers say they have yet to be informed. "We hope the ministry of national defence weighs the issue of having the world's only GE-powered F-15s and how risky this would be," says P&W regional director marketing programmes Korea, Bryant Jublou.
Source: Flight International
