Unable to understand you here

Are you saying South Korea purchased the above technologies from the US?

Or are these offsets given to South Korean companies for the F-15 K order- like Hyundai can work on projects for “fly by wire” design for Boeing ?

Is it 1 or is it 2?

Some technologies already purchased from Boeing and it is being on instruct. And some tech will researches by ADD.

in F-15K Offset order options, South Korea purchased 69 of aviational technology (which is about 1.548 billions dollar). And these tech will be really to take big parts of KFX project .

Here I’m giving to you some example of F-15K offset order about avionic design part.

Flight control
Fly-By-Wire design
Joint Servo Actuator design
Steer-By-Wire design

Electronic/warfare control
JHMCS design
Operating computer design
Data link design
Equipment integration and control
NVIS design

Equipment
Aircraft – Equipment linking system design

Equipment Design
Air-to-Air missile design

Structure Design
‘Smart Structure’ design
Supersonic design
Single-piece complex body design

Shape/Structure design
Newest Delta-Canard design and 2 other tech.

Engine
Electronic engine-control system design

And other other technologies that it’s include RAM paint design.

As Korean’s view, U.S doesn’t really putted any kinds of effort on this project, no, I will say they should not puts any help on this project. Boeing withdrawed with this stealth fighter development right after this project launched. And now ROKAF even worries about radar and engine for KFX.

Few months ago Lockhead-Martin displayed F-35A mock-up in Seoul Airshow and they were trying to ‘convince’ ROKAF that they can deliever F-35A by 2014. Well, actually South Korean government discussed about this issue. I don’t know what they have been decided about this stealth fighter dealing.

U.S will not going to look one of his market will disappears/smaller. There is “possibility” that they can puts WTO rules on Weapon trade market 😀

But one thing I’m so sure South Korean government reduced the budget to order additional 40~60 F-15K to 20, because they wanted to watch until 2011 to see this domestic situation about stealth fighter. Actually, they want to get F-22/35. (Especially, ROKAF is going to watch F-22 dealing on Japan)

In my case, I will define these movement as ‘interruption’. I think there are lots of possibilities that ROKAF will be step on the same way what Japanses did on FS-X project. I hope this is not going to be one like that. And I really hope to see ‘beautiful’ (not a ugly monster) darling soon :p

Anyone know the radar suite for new KDX-2 batch IIRC radar suite in the current version is quite disappointing considering the potential of the vessel and its cost.

KDX-2 Wang-Gun (Batch 2, 4th ship of KD-2 series) have these radar packages.

Anti-Air – SPS-49V (C/D Band)
Anti-Sea – MW-08 (G Band)
Fire control – STIR 240 (I/K Band)
Navigate (Anti-Ship) – SPS-95K (C Band)
IFF – UPX 27.

And, no one knows about KDX-2 Batch 3’s radar ’til ROK Navy announce it.

I’m not sure that it is exactly correct but I heard from someone that he told me the prices of AEGIS system.

SPY-1D : $350,000,000
SPY-1F : $300,000,000

Few years ago, When South Korean Navy ordered SPY-1D, they ordered with Japanese and U.S Navy. I remember Korea and Japan bought each 3 of ’em. (I can’t remember how many of SPY-1D package U.S Navy bought.)
I don’t really think that KDX-2 Batch 3 uses the SPY-1F because of the prices. It is just my opinion but I think ROKN should be order SMART-S radar system.

A force centered around 3 KDX-3 and 6 KDX-2 and SSKs (in addition to the frigate force) would have possibilities of forming a strong task group that can operate out of area while still not leaving coastal and EEZ zone unprotected. More may be overstretching South Korean naval resources at this point in time.

But, what how do you thinking about ignored plan that Korean Navy submitted to Korean National Defence Committee?
(They asked to build 4 more KDX-3 destroyer, 2 more LPX and KSSX-3 (3000 ton AIP submarine))

Additionally, lots of Korean amateur military specialist and fans complain about the decision to build 6 KD-2 Batch 3, 3 U-214, and 4 LST, FFX, PKX rather than 3 KDX-3, 3 LPX, 3 KSSX-3.