South Korea restarted its FX-III project for 60 new fighter jets today to the dismay of the Boeing company who had designed the F-15 Silent Eagle for the competition and defeated the other entries earlier in the year. The low cost of a proven air frame were enough to win the initial rounds against the Lockheed Martin F-35 and the Eurofighter Typhoon but today South Korea decided that the Boeing bid was not stealthy enough and had unanswered questions about the 1970s era jet. Boeing still has new orders for F-15s from Saudi Arabia but orders legacy aircraft like the F-15 are slowly winding down. South Korea now insists that the FX-III winner be a "fifth generation" fighter.
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