Eurofighter

[Bourne]

Não, foi uma das musas da página do Orkut de uma certa torcida.

Ela recebia e recebe cantadas diariamente dos tarados do Orkut e pelo msn falso que ela tem. Mas ela me contava tudo e ria dos caras, cada cantada ridícula.

[Penguin]

UK confident that U.S. will grant export licenses for Saudi Eurofighter deal

| 18 Apr 2008 | 06:41 AM ET Font size: LONDON (Thomson Financial) - The UK government said it believes a debate in the U.S. over the licensing of technology necessary for Britain to sell Eurofighter Typhoon jets to Saudi Arabia will not scupper a 20 billion pound deal.

The State Department must approve the transfer of U.S. technology on the fighter before Britain can export 72 jets to Saudi Arabia as part of the Al-Salam deal.

However, the State Department has encountered opposition from the Justice Department, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a senior administration officer. U.S. officials are reportedly concerned that UK defence company BAE Systems Plc., which is the main contractor on the deal, is also under investigation by US authorities over alleged bribes to Saudi Arabia in the previous Al-Yamamah arms deal, the FT said.

A U.S. official said the justice department had concerns that approval could hamper the Al-Yamamah investigation, the newspaper reported.

Another senior administration official told the Financial Times that, in light of the ongoing investigation, the justice department did not want the state department to say it was unaware that BAE had broken any laws. The UK Ministry of Defence said it was aware of the rumours, but it believes the debate will not result in a refusal to allow the technology transfer.

"We fully expect the necessary export licenses to be granted and we continue to work closely with the US Government to obtain them," it said in a statement.

BAE Systems, which has denied any wrongdoing in the previous deal, said manufacture of the aircraft was continuing.

"As the systems integrator, I can confirm that integration and manufacture of Typhoon at Warton is on schedule and contract obligations are being met," a company spokesperson said. Al-Yamamah was back in the news last week when the High Court ruled that a UK government decision to end a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the deal was unlawful.

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[soultrain]

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[AlbertoRJ]

Olha a coleira do Typhoon...

[Carlos Mathias]

Pois é, depois negam. Preifor muito mais um Rafaleco sem coleirão de adamantium que um EF correntão.

[Plinio Jr]

Correntão todos são....

[Bolovo]

É por causa de Israel. Tudo que vai para a Arabia Saudita passa pela autorização dos EUA antes.

[Penguin]

É por causa de Israel. Tudo que vai para a Arabia Saudita passa pela autorização dos EUA antes.

Se conter componentes ou tecnologia made in USA.

[soultrain]

Não,

A BAE comprou empresas americanas.

[[]]'s

[soultrain]

Alguem é capaz de por aqui esta imagem?

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[Sintra]

Pois é, depois negam. Preifor muito mais um Rafaleco sem coleirão de adamantium que um EF correntão.

As tecnologias a que o artigo se refere são utilizadas tanto pelo EF como pelo RAFALE, são o GPS e o MIDS LVT, de resto os Norte Americanos não têm absolutamente mais nenhum direito de veto sobre qualquer sistema em qualquer dos dois caças Europeus...
O que é engraçado é que no segundo caso os Europeus podem pura e simplesmente ripostar e impedir a venda de qualquer avião Americano equipado com um MIDS LVT, o sistema foi desenvolvido em consorcio e existem uma data de patentes que pertencem a firmas Europeias.
Entretanto esta historia é de um cinismo a toda a prova, os dois sistemas (ou equivalentes) já foram fornecidos pelos Norte Americanos à RSAF para os seus Eagles. E tentar ligar isto a um caso de alegada corrupção ocorrido à 23 anos atrás que envolveu dois Paises (Arabia Saudita e Grã Bretanha) sobre os quais um Tribunal Norte Americano não tem qualquer jurisdição é ridiculo, principalmente se nos recordarmos que uns anos antes, oficiais da Northrop foram apanhados com a "boca na botija" a subornar altas patentes da RSAF de forma a que esta comprasse o F-5E Tiger...
Esta história não vai dar em nada.

[Penguin]

EADS invites India to partner the Eurofighter programmePublished: Friday, 25 April, 2008, 03:16 AM Doha Time

NEW DELHI: The manufacturers of Eurofighter Typhoon jet yesterday invited India to join them in building the multi-role fighter - a move that may help Eurofighter’s chances in securing the country’s $10bn order for 126 combat aircraft.
Four leading European aerospace companies - Britain’s BAE Systems PLC, Italy’s Alenia Finmeccanica and the German and Spanish units of the European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company, EADS Germany and EADS Casa are part of the Eurofighter consortium.
“As part of our industrial co-operation offer, we invite India to become a member of the successful Eurofighter family,” said Bernhard Gerwert, CEO of Military Air Systems, an integrated activity of EADS Defence and Security.
“India is our partner of choice and we are interested in long-lasting political, industrial and military relations which will be based on a win-win partnership,” he said.
Gerwert was speaking at a high-level event organised by EADS in New Delhi which was attended by the envoys of Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain.
EADS officials said India was the first non-European country to be invited to be a partner of the Eurofighter programme, but it would be allowed to join only if it chose Eurofighter for the order.
India’s defence ministry has issued formal invitations to six major aerospace companies for supplying 126 fighters under its Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) order, which is the country’s biggest-ever defence deal.
“We have a strong and committed international team and we will make sure that Eurofighter will be a major player in a fair and transparent competition,” Gerwert said, adding that EADS will deliver the Eurofighter proposal on April 28.
Besides EADS, Lockheed and Boeing from the US, Russia’s MiG, France’s Dassault Rafale and Sweden’s Gripen are in contention for the deal, media reported.
Boeing yesterday delivered a detailed 7,000-page proposal offering its advanced F/A-18E/F Super Hornet to the Indian Air Force.
The proposal was delivered to the US embassy here that will formally turn over the Boeing-US Navy submission to the defence ministry in the next few days. The delivery of the first F/A-18IN Super Hornets can begin approximately 36 months after contract award, the company said.
“Our proposal team worked diligently to fully understand and meet the requirements set out by the ministry. We are offering India the best-value, most advanced and proven multi-role combat fighter in production today,” said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Integrated Defence Systems (IDS).
India is in a major process of modernising its defence forces, and several deals are in the pipeline, making it one of the world’s leading arms importers.
The IAF, which flies Russian-made MiG jets, French Mirages and British Jaguars, is seeking to strengthen its fighter squadron fleet, which has fallen to the lowest-ever level of 32 squadrons from the sanctioned 45 squadrons.
According to defence analysts, the defence ministry will be spending more than $25bn over the next five years to procure weapons and defence equipment from foreign countries.
Besides the MMRCA order, India is also planning to buy 384 helicopters in a deal potentially worth $2bn. Another major deal would be for the purchase of 400 new 155mm guns upgraded to 52 calibre.- Agencies

[Bourne]

Não tem muito a ver com o Typhoon diretamente, mas tem a ver com um dos sócios: A empresa BAe Systems

A BAE Systems é ima gigante do mercado de defesa. Têm dois grandes mercados: a Inglaterra e os Estados Unidos. A BAe é muito beneficiada pela relação carnal entre a Inglaterra e os EUA.

[Sintra]

Um dos Tiffies do 17(R)sqn que se encontram nos EUA, na base aerea de China Lake acabou de se estatelar no chão quando aterrava...

http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/20 ... ident.html

[A-29]

DATE:27/05/08
SOURCE:Flight Daily News
ILA 2008: Typhoon progress slowed by technical problems and overstretch

Germany’s Eurofighter Typhoon may be delivering the power in the military flying displays at ILA this week, but behind the scenes the aircraft’s two largest customers are facing problems – largely of their own making.

Although the order book is brimming, with 707 aircraft ‘on contract’, and the production programme is proceeding smoothly (with all Tranche 1 aircraft now delivered), there is growing concern over availability.

In Germany, the second Eurofighter wing, Jagdgeschwader 74 at Neuberg, has been undertaking QRA (Quick Reaction Alert) duties since January, and the Wing will discard the last of its F-4 Phantoms next month. But Luftwaffe sources suggest that problems (including recent issues with a Luftwaffe-specific item of equipment) have led to poor availability. They report that the flying rate at Neuberg has been significantly lower than planned, and the Luftwaffe, with 28% of the Tranche 1 aircraft, has flown only 20% of the 35,000 flying hours amassed so far by the partner air forces and launch export customer Austria.





The problems are understood to be a consequence of the Luftwaffe’s decision to introduce the Typhoon into service without the kind of ‘Case White’ partnered support and training arrangements with industry used in the UK, ensured that by the time aircraft were delivered to RAF flying stations, more teething troubles had been resolved, and higher levels of maturity and experience had been achieved.

Meanwhile, the British Typhoon force is facing its own problems. Plans to deploy the aircraft to Afghanistan in July, when FOC (Full Operational Clearance) is declared are believed to have been abandoned. Development of the so-called ‘austere air to ground capability’ has progressed well, and the RAF have dropped enhanced Paveway GPS/laser-guided bombs, and sticks of ‘dumb’ 1,000-lb bombs, as well as carrying out ‘strafe’ (air-to-ground firing using the built-in 27-mm cannon), though there have been suggestions that there have been delays in integrating the Litening 3 laser designation pod.

But while RAF sources remain bullish that the aircraft will have the air-to-ground capabilities it would require for an Afghan deployment the likelihood of demonstrating that capability has become progressively smaller.

With just two frontline squadrons operational and a shrinking Tornado F.Mk 3 fighter force, maintaining the RAF’s existing fighter commitments is becoming problematic.

With increased activity from Russian bombers, maintaining aircraft on QRA is a major burden, while the Tornados now guarding the Falkland Islands will soon need replacing (October 2008). Many believe that the RAF simply can’t spare a frontline Typhoon squadron for an extended overseas commitment, though others expect that a much smaller, brief deployment might still be made to demonstrate the capability.

Certainly industry want and need Typhoon to be showing its mettle as an air to ground platform to support ongoing export campaigns, but their needs are secondary insofar as the RAF is concerned.