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Republic of Korea Air Force Again Selects Pratt & Whitney F100 Engines For New Fighter Aircraft

WEST PALM BEACH, FLA., May 30, 2000—The Republic of Korea Air Force has again selected Pratt & Whitney's F100-STW-229 engine for its purchase of 20 more F-16 fighter aircraft.

"We are extremely proud of the Korean Air Force's continued confidence in Pratt & Whitney's F100 engine and support," said Steve Finger, president of Pratt & Whitney Military Engines. "This engine selection furthers our important and long-standing partnership with the Republic of Korea Air Force and Korean aerospace industry."

The engines will be manufactured by Samsung Techwin Co. under an existing license production agreement with Pratt & Whitney. In addition to assembling the engines, Samsung will be responsible for 40 percent of production; Pratt & Whitney, 60 percent. The Republic of Korea Air Force first selected the F100 engine (PW-220) in the early-1980s to power its initial purchase of 40 F-16 aircraft. In 1991, it again selected the P&W F100 engine (PW-229) to power an additional 120 F-16 aircraft (143 engines), with 108 aircraft and 123 engines being assembled or manufactured in Korea. The remaining engines were produced by Pratt & Whitney.

More than 6,400 F100 engines have been delivered worldwide. The PW-229 is the safest fighter engine in U.S. Air Force history, having matured through the most difficult engine environment of a production aircraft, experiencing the high speed, low altitude mission of the F-15E aircraft. The PW-229 engine is also among the most reliable, demonstrating superior reliability last year in the air conflict over Eastern Europe.

Pratt & Whitney, a United Technologies Company, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines, space propulsion systems and industrial gas turbines.

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