South Korea and Indonesia have signed a joint engineering and development agreement for the Korean Fighter Experimental (KFX) 4.5-generation fighter, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration in Seoul announced on 6 October.
The agreement, which was signed in Surabaya by South Korean ambassador to Indonesia Cho Tai-young and Indonesian Defence Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro, follows up a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in July 2010 and an April 2011 agreement that covered the initial two-year technical development phase of the programme.
Under the arrangement announced on 6 October, South Korea will pay 80% of the costs associated with the joint engineering and development phase of the KFX, with Indonesia paying the remaining 20%.
Officials from lead manufacturer Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have previously described the KFX as a single-seat, twin-engine, multirole aircraft equipped with stealth features, active electronically scanned array radar, and internal weapons carriage.
Under the 2010 MoU, Indonesian company PT Dirgantara will participate in the aircraft's development…
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