ا
الزينى-بركات
الصفقة بقيمة 1.1 مليار دولار لتطوير 134 طائرة KF-16C/D
التطوير يتضمن
رادار إيسا جديد ومتفوق والخيار إما SABR من نورثروجرومان أو RACR من رايثيون
وأفيونكس جديد يتضمن كمبيوتر مهام جديد ونظام ملاحة جديد بال GBS/INS وشاشات عرض حديثة متعددة الوظائف
طبعا الشركة البريطانية نافستها لوكهيد مارتن على الصفقة لكنها قدمت العرض الأقل
التطوير يتضمن
رادار إيسا جديد ومتفوق والخيار إما SABR من نورثروجرومان أو RACR من رايثيون
وأفيونكس جديد يتضمن كمبيوتر مهام جديد ونظام ملاحة جديد بال GBS/INS وشاشات عرض حديثة متعددة الوظائف
طبعا الشركة البريطانية نافستها لوكهيد مارتن على الصفقة لكنها قدمت العرض الأقل
BAE Systems will upgrade 134 F-16s for the South Korean air force, making a rare incursion into a combat aircraft market that has long been reserved for U.S. companies.
But a U.S. unit of the British company will do the work, which covers design and integration of a package comprising a new radar, mission computer, Link 16 datalink, a new navigation system, multi-function displays, Raytheon AIM-120C and AIM-9X air-to-air missiles, and wind-corrected munitions dispensers. The navigation system will use inertial measurement and GPS.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Agency chose BAE to upgrade the F-16C and D Block 52s because its quoted price, $750 million, was lower than that of rival Lockheed Martin, which asked for more than $1 billion for the work, says the Segye (World) newspaper.
While non-U.S. companies have progressively gained access to the South Korean defense market, until now they have not supplied or upgraded the fighters of the Republic of Korea Air Force. U.S. government officials believe that South Korea should prefer U.S. defense contractors because of the U.S.’s efforts in defending South Korea against North Korea. The U.S. force level on the peninsula is 28,500 service members.
The South Korean defense ministry aims to sign a contract with BAE this year and have all 134 fighters upgraded by 2021. The last will leave service in 2038, local media report.
The core feature of the upgrade will be an active, electronically scanned array radar, for which the Northrop Grumman Sabr and Raytheon Racr are contenders. A notable omission from the package is a helmet-mounted sight.
Adding equipment and engineering to be supplied by equipment makers, plus local installation work, the upgrade program will reportedly cost 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion), of which 673 billion won appears to be allocated for the radar.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) or Korean Airlines Aerospace will presumably install the equipment, since South Korea always insists on as much work as possible being done locally. KAI and its predecessor company Samsung Aerospace built the F-16s from 1997 to 2004 under the local designation KF-16.
The defense ministry cites no specific threat as a reason for the upgrade, but the most obvious result of the work will be to increase the KF-16’s engagement range against other aircraft, thanks to the new electronically scanned radar and AIM-120Cs, which will replace AIM-120Bs. The current radar is the mechanically scanned Northrop Grumman APG-68 (V) 5.
But a U.S. unit of the British company will do the work, which covers design and integration of a package comprising a new radar, mission computer, Link 16 datalink, a new navigation system, multi-function displays, Raytheon AIM-120C and AIM-9X air-to-air missiles, and wind-corrected munitions dispensers. The navigation system will use inertial measurement and GPS.
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Agency chose BAE to upgrade the F-16C and D Block 52s because its quoted price, $750 million, was lower than that of rival Lockheed Martin, which asked for more than $1 billion for the work, says the Segye (World) newspaper.
While non-U.S. companies have progressively gained access to the South Korean defense market, until now they have not supplied or upgraded the fighters of the Republic of Korea Air Force. U.S. government officials believe that South Korea should prefer U.S. defense contractors because of the U.S.’s efforts in defending South Korea against North Korea. The U.S. force level on the peninsula is 28,500 service members.
The South Korean defense ministry aims to sign a contract with BAE this year and have all 134 fighters upgraded by 2021. The last will leave service in 2038, local media report.
The core feature of the upgrade will be an active, electronically scanned array radar, for which the Northrop Grumman Sabr and Raytheon Racr are contenders. A notable omission from the package is a helmet-mounted sight.
Adding equipment and engineering to be supplied by equipment makers, plus local installation work, the upgrade program will reportedly cost 1.8 trillion won ($1.6 billion), of which 673 billion won appears to be allocated for the radar.
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) or Korean Airlines Aerospace will presumably install the equipment, since South Korea always insists on as much work as possible being done locally. KAI and its predecessor company Samsung Aerospace built the F-16s from 1997 to 2004 under the local designation KF-16.
The defense ministry cites no specific threat as a reason for the upgrade, but the most obvious result of the work will be to increase the KF-16’s engagement range against other aircraft, thanks to the new electronically scanned radar and AIM-120Cs, which will replace AIM-120Bs. The current radar is the mechanically scanned Northrop Grumman APG-68 (V) 5.
![:walw[1]:](/vb/data/assets/smilies/c39c84e393dbca960a05b9f45e20e07203df7b3c.gif "-- :walw[1]:")
