American Weapons Packages For South Korean Fighter Aircraft Revealed

As obligated to do, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified the United States Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to South Korea.

The two weapons packages are associated with Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagle and Lockheed Martin F-35, both are which are competing to win South Korea's competition for 60 new fighter aircraft.

In the case of the F-15 Silent Eagle, the package consists of:

• 274 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)
• 6 AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM Guidance Sections 
• 362 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail Kits, BLU-109/KMU-557C/B (GBU-31) w/SAASM/AJ 
• 780 JDAM Tail Kits, MK-82/BLU-111 KMU572C/B (GBU-38) w/SAASM/AJ 
• 6 MK-82 Filled, Inert Bombs 
• 170 JDAM Tail Kits, MK-84/BLU-117 KMU-556C/B (GBU-31) w/SAASM/AJ
• 1312 FMU-152A/B Fuzes (FZU-63 Initiator) 
• 542 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs 
• 170 BLU-117 2000LB General Purpose Bombs 
• 362 BLU-109 2000LB Penetrators 
• 4 BLU-109 Inert Bombs 
• 154 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) Tactical Missiles w/DSU-41 
• 33 CATM AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) Captive Air Training Missiles 
• 7 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) C ATM Guidance Units 
• 14 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) Tactical Guidance Units

The package for the F-35 consists of:

• 274 AIM-120C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) 
• 6 AIM-120C-7 AMRAAM Guidance Sections 
• 530 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Tail Kits, BLU-109/KMU-557C/B (GBU-31) w/SAASM/AJ 
• 4 JDAM BLU-109 Load Build Trainers 
• 6 MK-82 Filled Inert Bombs 
• 4 BLU-109 Inert Bombs 
• 1312 FMU-152A/B Fuzes (FZU-63 Initiator) 
• 542 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs 
• 530 BLU-109 2000LB Penetrators 
• 780 GBU-12 Bombs 
• 4 GBU-12 Dummy Trainers 
• 154 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) Tactical Missiles w/DSU-41 
• 33 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM) 
• 7 AIM-9X-2 (Blk II) CATM Guidance Units 
• 14 AIM 9X- 2 (Blk II) Tactical Guidance Units

The package for the F-15 is worth $823 million and for the F-35 is worth $793 million. The price in both cases includes:

• containers
• missile support and test equipment
• provisioning, 
• spare and repair parts
• support equipment
• personnel training and training equipment
• technical documentation
• engineering and technical support
• other related elements of program support

The F-15 and F-35 are competing against the Eurofighter Typhoon in South Korea, which is expected to select which of the 3 is the winner as early as June of 2013.


http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-22.pdf

http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-24.pdf