Troubled KF-X Fighter Program Needs Audit, Say Lawmakers

Legislators in South Korea from both ruling and opposition parties have called on the state auditor to review the domestic KF-X fighter development program, reports the Korea Times.

The US$7.3 billion program is in trouble because the U.S. has refused to transfer four key technologies to Seoul, say the lawmakers.

The KF-X program, which aims to replace aging F-4 and F-5 fighters, suffered a setback in April when Washington told Lockheed Martin it could not transfer the...