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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–65] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives with attached 

Transmittal 23–65, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Stephanie J. Bost, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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Transmittal No. 23–65 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act, as amended 

(i) Prospective Purchaser: Government 

of the Republic of Korea 

(ii) Total Estimated Value: 

Major Defense Equipment * $3.08 billion 

Other ................................... $1.98 billion 

TOTAL ............................. $5.06 billion 

(iii) Description and Quantity or 

Quantities of Articles or Services under 

Consideration for Purchase: 

Major Defense Equipment (MDE): 

Up to twenty-five (25) F–35 Joint 

Strike Fighter Conventional Take 

Off and Landing (CTOL) Aircraft 

Up to twenty-six (26) Pratt & Whitney 

F135–PW–100 Engines (25 

installed, 1 spare) 

Non-MDE: 

Also included are AN/PYQ–10 

Simple Key Loaders (SKL); KIV–78 

Cryptographic Appliques; 

Electronic Warfare (EW) 

Reprogramming Lab support; 

Cartridge Actuated Devices/ 

Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/ 

PAD); classified software delivery 

and support; Contractor Logistics 

Support (CLS); aircraft and 

munitions support and support 

equipment; spare parts, 

consumables, accessories, and 

repair/return support; aircraft 

engine component improvement 

program (CIP) support; secure 

communications, precision 


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DEFENSE 8£CURITY COOPERATION AGENCY 

2800 DefenH Pentagon 

The Honorable Kevin McCarthy 

Speaker of the House 

U.S. House of Representatives 

H.:.209, The Capitol 

Washington.DC 20515 

Dear Mr. Speaker: 

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September 13, 2023 

Pursuant to the reporting requirements of Section 36(bXl) of the Anns Export Control 

Act, as amen~ \\'e are forwarding herewith Transmittal No. 23--65. oonceming the Air Forcets 

proposed Letter(s) of Offer and Acceptance to the Government of the Republic of Korea for 

defense articles and services estimated to cost $5])6 billion. We will issue a news release to 

notify the public of this proposed sale upon delivery of this letter to your office. 

Enclosums: 

l. Transmittal 

2. Policy Justification 

3, Sensitivity of Technology 

Sincerely, 

~a.t/J«,d. 

lia~es-~. ~~h Dire<:tor 
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navigation, and cryptographic 

devices; major modifications, 

maintenance, and maintenance 

support, to include Block 4 

upgrade; transportation, ferry, and 

refueling support; personnel 

training and training equipment, 

including simulators; classified and 

unclassified publications and 

technical documents; studies and 

surveys; U.S. Government and 

engineering, technical, and logistics 

support services; and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. 

(iv) Military Department: Air Force 

(KS–D–SAF) 

(v) Prior Related Cases, if any: KS–D– 

SAC, KS–D–QGC 

(vi) Sales Commission, Fee, etc., Paid, 

Offered, or Agreed to be Paid: None 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology 

Contained in the Defense Article or 

Defense Services Proposed to be Sold: 

See Attached Annex 

(viii) Date Report Delivered to 

Congress: September 13, 2023 

* As defined in Section 47(6) of the 

Arms Export Control Act. 

POLICY JUSTIFICATION 

Republic of Korea (ROK)—F–35 Aircraft 

The Government of the Republic of 

Korea has requested to buy up to 

twenty-five (25) F–35 Joint Strike 

Fighter Conventional Take Off and 

Landing (CTOL) aircraft; and up to 

twenty-six (26) Pratt & Whitney F135– 

PW–100 engines (25 installed, 1 spare). 

Also included are AN/PYQ–10 Simple 

Key Loaders (SKL); KIV–78 

Cryptographic Appliques; Electronic 

Warfare (EW) Reprogramming Lab 

support; Cartridge Actuated Devices/ 

Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/ 

PAD); classified software delivery and 

support; Contractor Logistics Support 

(CLS); aircraft and munitions support 

and support equipment; spare parts, 

consumables, accessories, and repair/ 

return support; aircraft engine 

component improvement program (CIP) 

support; secure communications, 

precision navigation, and cryptographic 

devices; major modifications, 

maintenance, and maintenance support, 

to include Block 4 upgrade; 

transportation, ferry, and refueling 

support; personnel training and training 

equipment, including simulators; 

classified and unclassified publications 

and technical documents; studies and 

surveys; U.S. Government and 

engineering, technical, and logistics 

support services; and other related 

elements of logistics and program 

support. The estimated total cost is 

$5.06 billion. 

This proposed sale will support the 

foreign policy goals and national 

security objectives of the United States 

by improving the security of a major ally 

that is a force for political stability and 

economic progress in the Indo-Pacific 

region. 

The proposed sale will improve the 

Republic of Korea’s capability to meet 

current and future threats by providing 

credible defense capability to deter 

aggression in the region and ensure 

interoperability with U.S. forces. The 

proposed sale will augment Korea’s 

operational aircraft inventory and 

enhance its air-to-air and air-to-ground 

self-defense capability. Korea already 

has F–35s in its inventory and will have 

no difficulty absorbing these articles 

and services into its armed forces. 

The proposed sale of this equipment 

and support will not alter the basic 

military balance in the region. 

The principal contractors will be 

Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, 

Fort Worth, TX, and Pratt & Whitney 

Military Engines, East Hartford, CT. The 

purchaser typically requests offsets. Any 

offset agreement will be defined in 

negotiations between the purchaser and 

the contractor. 

Implementation of this proposed sale 

will not require the assignment of any 

additional U.S. Government or 

contractor representatives to the 

Republic of Korea. 

There will be no adverse impact on 

U.S. defense readiness as a result of this 

proposed sale. 

Transmittal No. 23–65 

Notice of Proposed Issuance of Letter of 

Offer Pursuant to Section 36(b)(1) of the 

Arms Export Control Act 

Annex 

Item No. vii 

(vii) Sensitivity of Technology: 

1. The F–35A aircraft is a single seat, 

single engine, all-weather, stealth, fifthgeneration, multirole aircraft. It contains 

sensitive technology including the low 

observable airframe/outer mold line, the 

Pratt and Whitney F135 engine, AN/ 

APG–81 radar, an integrated core 

processor central computer, a mission 

systems/electronic warfare suite, a 

multiple sensor suite, technical data/ 

documentation and associated software. 

Sensitive elements of the F–35A are also 

included in operational flight and 

maintenance trainers. Sensitive and 

classified elements of the F–35A aircraft 

include hardware, accessories, 

components, and associated software for 

the following major subsystems: 

a. The Pratt and Whitney F135 engine 

is a single 40,000-pound thrust class 

engine designed for the F–35 and 

assures highly reliable, affordable 

performance. The engine is designed to 

be utilized in all F–35 variants, 

providing unmatched commonality and 

supportability throughout the 

worldwide base of F–35 users. 

b. The AN/APG–81 Active 

Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) is 

a high processing power/high 

transmission power electronic array 

capable of detecting air and ground 

targets from a greater distance than 

mechanically scanned array radars. It 

also contains a synthetic aperture radar 

(SAR), which creates high-resolution 

ground maps and provides weather data 

to the pilot and provides air and ground 

tracks to the mission system, which uses 

it as a component to fuse sensor data. 

c. The Electro-Optical Targeting 

System (EOTS) provides long-range 

detection and tracking as well as an 

infrared search and track (IRST) and 

forward-looking infrared (FLIR) 

capability for precision tracking, 

weapons delivery and bomb damage 

assessment (BDA). The EOTS replaces 

multiple separate internal or podded 

systems typically found on legacy 

aircraft. 

d. The Electro-Optical Distributed 

Aperture System (EODAS) provides the 

pilot with full spherical coverage for airto-air and air-to-ground threat 

awareness, day/night vision 

enhancements, a fire control capability 

and precision tracking of wingmen/ 

friendly aircraft. The EODAS provides 

data directly to the pilot’s helmet as 

well as the mission system. 

e. The F–35 Electronic Warfare (EW) 

system is a reprogrammable, integrated 

system that provides radar warning and 

electronic support measures (ESM) 

along with a fully integrated 

countermeasures (CM) system. The EW 

system is the primary subsystem used to 

enhance situational awareness, targeting 

support and self-defense through the 

search, intercept, location and 

identification of in-band emitters and to 

automatically counter IR and RF threats. 

f. The F–35 Communications, 

Navigation, and Identification (CNI) 

system provides the pilot with 

unmatched connectivity to flight 

members, coalition forces and the 

battlefield. It is an integrated subsystem 

designed to provide a broad spectrum of 

secure, anti-jam voice and data 

communications, precision radio 

navigation and landing capability, selfidentification, beyond visual range 

target identification and connectivity to 

off-board sources of information. It also 

includes an inertial navigation and 

global positioning system (GPS) for 

precise location information. The 

functionality is tightly integrated within 


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the mission system to enhance 

efficiency. 

g. The F–35 CNI system includes two 

data links: Multi-Function Advanced 

Data Link (MADL) and Link 16. MADL 

is designed specifically for the F–35 and 

allows for Low Probability of Intercept 

(LPI) communications between F–35s. 

Link 16 is a command, control, 

communications, and intelligence (C3I) 

system incorporating jam-resistant, 

digital communication links for 

exchange of near real-time tactical 

information, including both data and 

voice, among air, ground, and sea 

elements. It provides the warfighter key 

theater functions such as surveillance, 

identification, air control, weapons 

engagement coordination, and direction 

for all services and allied forces. Link16 equipment allows the F–35 to 

communicate with battlespace 

participants using widely-distributed Jseries message protocols. 

h. The F–35 Autonomic Logistics 

Global Sustainment (ALGS) provides a 

fully integrated logistics management 

solution. ALGS integrates a number of 

functional areas, including supply chain 

management, repair, support 

equipment, engine support and training. 

The ALGS infrastructure employs a 

state-of-the-art information system that 

provides real-time, decision-worthy 

information for sustainment decisions 

by flight line personnel. Prognostic 

health monitoring technology is 

integrated with the air system and is 

crucial to predictive maintenance of 

vital components. 

i. The F–35 Operational Data 

Integrated Network (ODIN) provides an 

intelligent information infrastructure 

that binds all the key concepts of ALGS 

into an effective support system. ALIS 

establishes the appropriate interfaces 

among the F–35 Air Vehicle, the 

warfighter, the training system, 

government information technology (IT) 

systems, and supporting commercial 

enterprise systems. Additionally, ALIS 

provides a comprehensive tool for data 

collection and analysis, decision 

support and action tracking. 

j. The F–35 Training System includes 

several training devices to provide 

integrated training for pilots and 

maintainers. The pilot training devices 

include a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) 

and Deployable Mission Rehearsal 

Trainer (DMRT). The maintenance 

training devices include an Aircraft 

Systems Maintenance Trainer (ASMT), 

Ejection System Maintenance Trainer 

(ESMT), Outer Mold Line (OML) Lab, 

Flexible Linear Shaped Charge (FLSC) 

Trainer, F135 Engine Module Trainer 

and Weapons Loading Trainer (WLT). 

The F–35 Training System can be 

integrated, where both pilots and 

maintainers learn in the same Integrated 

Training Center (ITC). Alternatively, the 

pilots and maintainers can train in 

separate facilities (Pilot Training Center 

and Maintenance Training Center). 

k. Other subsystems, features, and 

capabilities include the F–35’s low 

observable air frame, Integrated Core 

Processor (ICP) Central Computer, 

Helmet Mounted Display System 

(HMDS), Pilot Life Support System 

(PLSS), Off-Board Mission Support 

(OMS) System, and publications/ 

maintenance manuals. The HMDS 

provides a fully sunlight readable, 

binocular display presentation of 

aircraft information projected onto the 

pilot’s helmet visor. The use of a night 

vision camera integrated into the helmet 

eliminates the need for separate Night 

Vision Goggles. The PLSS provides a 

measure of Pilot Chemical, Biological, 

and Radiological Protection through use 

of an OnBoard Oxygen Generating 

System (OBOGS); and an escape system 

that provides additional protection to 

the pilot. OBOGS takes the Power and 

Thermal Management System (PTMS) 

air and enriches it by removing gases 

(mainly nitrogen) by adsorption, thereby 

increasing the concentration of oxygen 

in the product gas and supplying 

breathable air to the pilot. The OMS 

provides a mission planning, mission 

briefing, and a maintenance/ 

intelligence/tactical debriefing platform 

for the F–35. 

2. The AN/APQ–10 Simple Key 

Loader is a handheld device used for 

securely receiving, storing, and 

transferring data between compatible 

cryptographic and communications 

equipment. 

3. The KIV–78 is a cryptographic 

applique for IFF. It can be loaded with 

Mode 5 classified elements. 

4. The Electronic Warfare 

Reprogramming Lab is used by USG 

engineers in the reprogramming and 

creation of shareable Mission Data Files 

for foreign F–35 customers. 

5. The highest level of classification of 

defense articles, components, and 

services included in this potential sale 

is SECRET. 

6. If a technologically advanced 

adversary were to obtain knowledge of 

the specific hardware and software 

elements, the information could be used 

to develop countermeasures that might 

reduce weapon system effectiveness or 

be used in the development of a system 

with similar or advanced capabilities. 

7. A determination has been made 

that the Republic of Korea can provide 

substantially the same degree of 

protection for the sensitive technology 

being released as the U.S. Government. 

This sale is necessary in furtherance of 

the U.S. foreign policy and national 

security objectives outlined in the 

Policy Justification. 

8. All defense articles and services 

listed in this transmittal have been 

authorized for release and export to the 

Republic of Korea. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Office of the Secretary 

[Transmittal No. 23–67] 

Arms Sales Notification 

AGENCY: Defense Security Cooperation 

Agency, Department of Defense (DoD). 

ACTION: Arms sales notice. 

SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing the 

unclassified text of an arms sales 

notification. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pamela Young at (703) 953–6092, 

pamela.a.young14.civ@mail.mil, or 

dsca.ncr.rsrcmgmt.list.cns-mbx@

mail.mil 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

36(b)(1) arms sales notification is 

published to fulfill the requirements of 

section 155 of Public Law 104–164 

dated July 21, 1996. The following is a 

copy of a letter to the Speaker of the 

House of Representatives with attached 

Transmittal 23–67, Policy Justification, 

and Sensitivity of Technology. 

Dated: November 1, 2024. 

Stephanie J. Bost, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

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