UK Pushes South Korea for Rolls-Royce Partnership

British officials are lobbying South Korea to choose Rolls-Royce over U.S. competitor GE Aerospace for its fighter jet program. They are advocating for co-production with a foreign partner as an intermediate step, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

British officials have initiated a campaign to convince South Korea to partner with Rolls-Royce, bypassing U.S. competitor GE Aerospace, for its fighter jet program, as reported by the Financial Times.

The efforts are aimed at establishing a co-production agreement with a foreign entity as an intermediate phase in the development strategy.

Sources familiar with the discussions revealed these lobbying maneuvers, hinting at strategic collaborations between the two countries in the aerospace sector.