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This study is related to South Korea’s experimental fighter aircraft selection driving strategy. Careful consideration should be given to the issues of the driving strategy due to the continuous cost-cutting initiatives with regard to the defense budget, a global trend that induced a worldwide economic downturn. Therefore, the efficient and effective aspects have to be considered when purchasing an experimental fighter aircraft. Moreover, an attempt must be made to link this to the advancement of the aerospace industry based on the understanding that the ROC (required operational capability) will be fulfilled preferentially, because the advancement of the aerospace industry will produce a very extensive ripple effect on the related benefits, such as job creation, propagation of advanced technologies, and national economic improvement. Thus, it should be ensured that some benefits will be obtained in return through the experimental fighter aircraft selection, such as the required technology transfer, parts production, manufacture, and KFX (Korean Fighter eXperimental)’s connection. In this paper, some foreign countries’ purchase contracts are studied to draw implications and to compare these with South Korea’s contracts. Electing a driving strategy for national defense reinforcement and for the advancement of South Korea’s aerospace industry is an urgent task, and there is thus a need to reflect diverse relevant perspectives.