Strike Eagle Sale Sets Stage For Lucrative SNEP II Deal
Washington and Riyadh inked a $29.4 billion deal
to provide 84 new Boeing-built F-15E fighters for the Royal Saudi Air Force. Boeing and the Air Force will also modernize 70 of the fighters already in the fleet, according to the deal signed this week. The first batch of new Saudi Strike Eagles will be delivered by 2014. The remodeled jets will hit the Saudi fleet later that year, according to a Pentagon fact sheet. The new and refurbished F-15 jets will be outfitted with a number of capabilities requested specifically by the Saudi military, Dennis Muilenburg, president and CEO of Boeing's defense, space and security division, told AOL Defense yesterday.
Those Saudi-specific amenities include a new digital electronic warfare package, a "fly-by-wire' capability and the next-generation Active Electronically Scanned Array radar, he said. That is the same radar on board the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter
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الجيل الجديد من احدث الرادارات وهونفس الرادار المستخدم على متن الطائرة f-35
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صفقه تمهد الطريق لصفقة البحريه
الخبر يتحدث بان الطائره تم تجهيزها بعدة قدرات تم طلبها من الجانب السعودي حسب كلام دينيس مولينبيرغ الرئيس والمدير التنفيذي لشعبة الأمن والفضاء والدفاع في شركة بوينغ
وتأمل شركات الدفاع الامريكيه لبيع احدث الاجهزه للبحريه السعوديه
ومن جانبها تتطلع بوينغ لتزويد السعوديه باحدث المقاتلات والمروحيات وطائرات الاستخبارت والاستطلاع والمراقبه لبرنامج البحريه snep 2 وصفقة f-15 خطوه جيده في هذا الاتجاه
American defense firms have been clamoring for a chance to sell the latest and greatest naval hardware to Riyadh. For their part Boeing is looking to supply the Saudis with next-generation fighters, helicopters and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft for SNEP II. This week's Strike Eagle sale to the Saudi air force is certainly a positive step in that direction, according to Muilenburg. Aside from its implications for a potential SNEP II deal, the F-15E sale also helped Boeing rebound from its loss in Japan's recent fighter competition.
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