ADEX 2013: Boeing looks beyond FX-III for other markets in Asia-Pacific region
30 October 2013

Boeing is looking to overcome the disappointment of South Korea's late change of heart in the FX-III fighter programme, with a number of rotorcraft opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Jim Armington, vice-president of business development for the East Asia-Pacific Region at Boeing Defense, Space and Security, admitted that the sale of up to 60 F-15s to Seoul to fulfill the FX-III requirement was a "very big part" of Boeing's platform sales plans in Asia.

However, given South Korea's decision in September to reopen the FX-III competition, Armington pointed to recent successes for the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter in South Korea and Indonesia, ongoing sales of the platform to Taiwan, and opportunities for follow-on sales in Japan.

Janes