F-15SG Fuselage Delivered
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F-15 Fuselage Delivered
Aviation Week & Space Technology
01/14/2008, page 14
Korea Aerospace Industries has delivered to Boeing the first forward fuselage of the F-15SG for the Singapore air force. Delivery of the first F-15SG wing set was scheduled for Jan 10.
Cheers,
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Made in Korea ... ? -
only some parts.... due to the F-15K deal...Originally posted by kotay:
Made in Korea ... ?
just like some parts of 747 is actually made in singapore... but final assembly will still be in USA. -
So they get parts from all over the world, assemble them in USA and THEN ship to Singapore? Sounds incredibly inefficient.
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this is to lower the production cost not inefficient..Originally posted by Alvin.Yeoh:So they get parts from all over the world, assemble them in USA and THEN ship to Singapore? Sounds incredibly inefficient. -
how bout laptops?Originally posted by Alvin.Yeoh:So they get parts from all over the world, assemble them in USA and THEN ship to Singapore? Sounds incredibly inefficient.
processor from US/germany/israel
ram from phillipines or malaysia
hard disk from singapore/malaysia or japan
motherboards from taiwan
ALL ASSEMBLED IN CHINA -
got peekture?
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Oh no! noise pollution coming...
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*rubs hands*
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Hyundai!
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speaking of Korea....
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South Korea moves closer to follow-on Boeing F-15K buy
By Siva Govindasamy
South Korea could soon finalise a deal for 20 more Boeing F-15Ks, with the US manufacturer reportedly offering an additional aircraft for free to replace a fighter that crashed last year.
Seoul opened a competition for a further 20 fighters last year, following its earlier order for 40 F-15Ks, but Boeing was the only company to respond. A second attempt to elicit a competition failed after the Eurofighter consortium decided against offering its Typhoon.
Price negotiations began last year, and although some observers thought South Korea was at a disadvantage because of the lack of competition, Boeing is keen to secure a fresh order to restore confidence in the F-15 programme following the type's recent grounding and inspection by the US Air Force. Although last year's F-15K crash was attributed to pilot error, one Seoul-based source says Boeing will be keen to de-link the incident from its recent problems in the USA, which affect some early-model F-15s.
"There has been some talk in Seoul about the viability of the F-15s, but Boeing has assured the government that the fighters are safe," the source adds. "Offering an additional F-15 could be a sign of goodwill."
Negotiations are expected to conclude in late January, with deliveries likely to begin around 2010. South Korea has so far taken delivery of 30 F-15Ks from its launch order, with the rest likely to follow by year-end.
Meanwhile, Seoul is expected to launch another competition in about two years' time for a next-generation fighter to be delivered from 2014, with interest focused on the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter or F-22. But delays to the former project and the US government's refusal to export the Raptor could scupper the plan, and perhaps prompt South Korea to seek a further batch of 20 F-15s until either does become available.
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I'm reading somewhere.. that the F15E has some structural problems. Does the SG been cleared ?
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Originally posted by MobyDog:I'm reading somewhere.. that the F15E has some structural problems. Does the SG been cleared ?
Metal fatigue problem only appear in earlier models (F15C).
Newer models based on F15E frames like SG/K do not have such manufacture defect.
What troubled USAF is the large quantity of F15C they have now and the USD 250,000 to fix this defect on each affected plane.
They are so desperate now that they even get F15E to take up the routines of those grounded ones.