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الاسطول الاماراتي سيحظى بتسليح متميز ومخالب طويلة
من نفس المصدر اعلاه
2012 – 2014
F-16E, 162nd FW
Jan 24/14: 30 more. The US DSCA announces the United Arab Emirates’s official export request for “equipment in support of a Direct Commercial Sale of F-16 Block 61 Aircraft and associated equipment, parts, [and] support….” The DCS purchase doesn’t have to be announced, but this Foreign Military Sale process confirms that they will buy up to 30 F-16 E/F “Block 61″ aircraft. The new block number appears to involve a set of small component upgrades over the existing Block 60s, which will be upgraded to the same standard. The UAE’s request includes:
- 40 20mm M61A Guns
- 40 Embedded GPS Inertial Navigation Systems
- Identification Friend or Foe Equipment
- Unspecified “night vision devices”
- Joint Mission Planning System
- Cartridge Activated Device/Propellant Activated Devices, generally used in association with armament hard points and defensive decoys.
- Unspecified “Weapons Integration”
- F110-GE-132 International Engine Management Program-Component Improvement Program
- Site surveys, necessary for the required facilities expansions
- Ferry maintenance and services, incl. aerial refueling support
- Plus spare and repair parts; tools and test equipment; personnel training and training equipment; publications and technical documentation; and other forms of US Government and contractor support.
The estimated cost for these items is up to $270 million, but of course it is only a fraction of the total sale, which has a likely floor price of around $2 billion. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Ft. Worth, TX remains the primary contractor for these items, even though several of them aren’t made by the F-16′s builder. Implementation of this sale will require the assignment of additional US Government or contractor representatives, but that will be negotiated after the initial contract is signed. Sources: DSCA #13-60.
DSCA: accessories for 30 more F-16 ‘Block 61s’
Nov 19/13: More coming? Lockheed Martin is professing “near term” optimism concerning an order for 25-30 more F-16s (25 F-16E, 5 F-16F), but it’s clear there won’t be any kind of announcement at Dubai’s air show. American military sales efforts in the region are being complicated by “Smart Diplomacy’s” habit of alienating allies, but a country’s base of installed equipment has to be a major factor in its procurement decisions. We’ll have to see how all of this plays itself out in the UAE. Sources: UAE’s The National, “Lockheed Martin hoping for F-16 fighter jet deal with UAE” and “Challenges in the Middle East for US defence companies”.
Oct 15/13: Weapons. The US DSCA announces the UAE’s formal export request for a variety of new precision strike weapons to equip its F-16E/F Block 60 fighters. The orders could be worth up to $4 billion, and include…
- 300 AGM-84H SLAM-ER cruise missiles. This Harpoon variant adds IIR terminal guidance to GPS navigation, and extended-range wings that let it hit land and sea targets 250 km away. South Korea’s F-15Ks already deploy it, and the US Navy uses its AGM-88K successor, which they consider to be their most accurate strike weapon.
- 40 CATM-84H Captive Air Training Missiles (CATM), with seekers but no motor.
- 20 ATM-84H SLAM-ER Telemetry Missiles for test shots.
- 4 Dummy Air Training Missiles. Sometimes you just need similar weight & form factor.
- 30 AWW-13 Data Link pods. Pilots can receive text, data, and photos from various sources, and can also use it to communicate with the SLAM-ER in mid-flight.
- 1,200 AGM-154C Joint Stand Off Weapons (JSOW). This stealthy 2,000 pound glide bomb uses GPS for navigation and IIR guidance for terminal guidance.
- 10 JSOW CATM.
- 5,000 GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bombs (SDB). These 250 pound JDAM variants can be carried 4 to a rack. GPS guidance and pop-out wings give them decent range and accuracy, and their design makes them more effective against hard targets than their weight would suggest.
- 16 SDB Captive Flight and Load Build trainers.
- 8 SDB Guided Test Vehicles for aircraft integration testing.
- Containers, mission planning, integration support and testing, munitions storage security and training, weapon operational flight program software development, transportation, tools and test equipment, spare and repair parts, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, and other forms of U.S. Government and contractor support.
The principal contractors will be Boeing in St. Louis, MO (SLAM-ER, SDB); and Raytheon in Indianapolis, IN; and Raytheon in Tucson, AZ (JSOW). If contracts are negotiated, they’ll need to negotiate the addition of approximately 2-4 additional U.S. Government or contractor representatives to the UAE. Sources: US DSCA 13-48, Oct 15/13 | US DoD, “Hagel, UAE Crown Prince Discuss Regional Security Issues”.
ايضا ، لاحظوا عبارة Unspecified “Weapons Integration
دمج اسلحة غير محددة ( اتوقع والله اعلم انها ستكون اسلحة غير امريكية ،، وفي مقدمتها صاروخي الطارق والثندر الاماراتيين )
ستكون الاف ١٦ الاماراتية بتسليح امريكي اماراتي وربما اوروبي ( سيتضح ذلك بعد ضهور البلوك٦١ للعلن ،، مع انه تم فعليا دمج صاروخ الحكيم ذو المنشأ الاوروبي على البلوك ٦٠ )
تسليح متميز ، مدى قتالي هائل ، افيونكس وحرب الكترونية متميزة ، تقنيات مستوحاة من الاف٣٥ وقدرات موائمة مع الجيل الخامس مباشرة ،، كومبيوترات core فائقة التطور ،، محرك من اقوى ماصنعت امريكا لليوم بقدرة 32,500 باوند .. بصمة صغيرة بحكم الحجم الصغير وقدرات مناورة فذة تتميز بها متخصصة الدوجفايتر هذه ..
ستكون عاتية مرعبة بعون الله وتوفيقه ،،
