Landing with a deal
Sept 24/14: JSF. DAPA confirms the terms of its order for 40 F-35As, for a total of 7.3 trillion won (US$7.04 billion), at a price per unit of about 120 billion won ($115M), on top of which come the usual overhead like support, spares, and training. The actual Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) will be signed within days, under a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. Lockheed Martin agreed to transfer flight control and fire-extinguishing technologies. Deployment is planned between 2018 and 2021.