EADS Fights to Keep Typhoon in South Korean Combat Jet Contest

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European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. is working to keep alive the Eurofighter Typhoon’s sales prospects in South Korea after the agency set to select the provider of 60 combat planes raised questions about the bid.

South Korea’s DAPA defense armaments agency requested a draft contract over the weekend as EADS sought to clarify its proposal that had “confused” the customer, said Christian Scherer, the sales chief of EADS’s Cassidian defense unit.