Seoul Puts Global Hawk Deal On Ice; Drafts New Acquisition Plan -- Aol Defense
WASHINGTON: A blockbuster deal to sell the Air Force's advanced Global Hawk aerial drone to South Korea has been put on ice for now, according to government sources in Seoul.
Military leaders from the Asian nation scuttled the nearly $400 to $800 million deal for four Global Hawk aircraft when negotiators from Washington and Seoul could not agree to a final price for the planes, according to a recent report by the Yonhap News Agency. Seoul now plans to draft a new acquisition plan to fill their unmanned aerial requirements, a government source said. South Korea will look AeroVironment's Global Observer and Boeing's Phantom Eye along with the Global Hawk as part of that new plan, according to the government source. Suspension of the Global Hawk buy comes days after defense giant Lockheed Martin announced plans to pitch the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in South Korea's fighter competition.
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