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Carlos Lima escreveu:O pessoal no Oriente Médio não está para brincadeira... agora é Israel indo às compras!!!

http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/is ... -munitions

Media/Public Contact:

pm-cpa@state.gov
WASHINGTON, May 19, 2015 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Israel for Joint Direct Attack Munition Tail Kits, munitions, and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.879 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on May 18, 2015.

The Government of Israel has requested a possible sale of 14,500 KMU-556C/B Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM) tail kits consisting of 10,000 for Mk-84; 500 for Mk-83; and,4,000 for Mk-82; 3,500 Mk-82 bombs; 4,500 Mk-83 bombs; 50 BLU-113 bombs; 4,100 GBU-39 Small Diameter bombs; 1,500 Mk-83 Paveway kits; 700 BLU-109 Paveway kits; 3,000 AGM-114K/R Hellfire Missiles, 250 AIM-120C Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles; and 500 DSU-38A/B Detector Laser Illuminated Target kits for JDAMs. The total estimated cost $1.879 billion.

The United States is committed to the security of Israel, and it is vital to U.S. national interests to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability. This proposed sale is consistent with those objectives.

The proposed sale of this equipment will provide Israel the ability to support its self-defense needs. These munitions will enable Israel to maintain operational capability of its existing systems and will enhance Israel’s interoperability with the United States. Israel, which already has these munitions in its inventory, will have no difficulty absorbing the additional munitions into its armed forces.

The proposed sale of these munitions will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The principal contractors will be The Boeing Company in St. Charles, Missouri; Lockheed-Martin Company in Archbald, Pennsylvania; General Dynamics in Garland, Texas; Elwood National Forge Co. in Irvine, Pennsylvania; and Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, Arizona. There are no known offset agreements in connection with this proposed sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require travel of U.S. Government or contractor representatives to Israel on a temporary basis for program technical support and management oversight.

There is no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this sale.

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.

All questions regarding this proposed Foreign Military Sale should be directed to the State Department's Bureau of Political Military Affairs, Office of Congressional and Public Affairs, pm-cpa@state.gov.

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juarez castro escreveu:Deus pai todo poderoso, observem determinadas quantidades. Realmente, alguma coisa está para acontecer no oriente médio.

Grande abraço

LeandroGCard escreveu:

juarez castro escreveu:Deus pai todo poderoso, observem determinadas quantidades. Realmente, alguma coisa está para acontecer no oriente médio.
Grande abraço

Não entendo porque do espanto. É apenas munição para uma força aérea séria, preocupada com a possibilidade de ter que enfrentar algum conflito real de grandes proporções dentro dos próximos 10 ou 20 anos. Dê uma olhada no valor total, menos de US$ 2 bilhões. Isso seria "peanuts" até para nós, que fazemos Copa do Mundo e Olimpíadas dentro da mesma década.
Só é realmente impressionante para um país acostumado a comprar até VBTP's e Manpads à conta-gôtas .
Leandro G. Card

LeandroGCard escreveu:

juarez castro escreveu:Deus pai todo poderoso, observem determinadas quantidades. Realmente, alguma coisa está para acontecer no oriente médio.

Grande abraço

Não entendo porque do espanto. É apenas munição para uma força aérea séria, preocupada com a possibilidade de ter que enfrentar algum conflito real de grandes proporções dentro dos próximos 10 ou 20 anos. Dê uma olhada no valor total, menos de US$ 2 bilhões. Isso seria "peanuts" até para nós, que fazemos Copa do Mundo e Olimpíadas dentro da mesma década.

Só é realmente impressionante para um país acostumado a comprar até VBTP's e Manpads à conta-gôtas .


Leandro G. Card

juarez castro escreveu:Leandro, boa parte disto tem prazo de validade, caduca, tem que ser revalidado e etc... ninguém compra esta quantidade a toa.Observe a quantidade de armamento ar solo guiado.

Grande abraço

juarez castro escreveu:Leandro, boa parte disto tem prazo de validade, caduca, tem que ser revalidado e etc... ninguém compra esta quantidade a toa.Observe a quantidade de armamento ar solo guiado.

Carlos Lima escreveu:Não sei se o ST é compatível com essas exigências (mach 0.65)?

http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articl ... st-412545/

Sweden launches future military pilot training contest

By: Craig Hoyle

Sweden has initiated a process to replace its air force’s fleet of Saab 105 (SK 60) jet trainers with a new Military Flying Training System (MFTS), planned for introduction by the end of this decade.

In a request for information (RFI) published by the nation’s Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on 29 April, Stockholm asks for responses from potential suppliers of a basic and advanced training capability to remain in use until at least 2040.

“The Swedish air force wishes to secure a long-term training design in which development risk is contained to an acceptable low level, and capability is cost-effectively weighted against procurement and support costs,” the FMV says. “Logistic support can be fully outsourced if showed to be cost effective,” it adds.

The FMV describes the air force’s current Saab 105s as “equipped with basic instrumentation, basic systems and flight characteristics, which results in a need to use the operational conversion unit to train information and systems management skills, reducing training effectiveness and not allowing optimal downloading.”

An operational fleet of around 50 of the aircraft log approximately 5,500h per year, the service says.

The proposed MFTS model is intended to deliver up to 8,000 flying hours per year for student pilots in as many sorties, plus 3,000h of instruction using full mission simulators. However, the FMV is also asking respondents to consider potential future increases of between 10% and 30% as part of their calculations.

The air force and FMV will be responsible for providing military instructor pilots under the MFTS arrangement, while industry could be tasked with sourcing personnel for ground-based training and maintenance.

In its outline, the FMV says it “does not favour a two-aircraft solution before a one-aircraft solution”.

Basic trainer characteristics should include the ability to operate above 20,000ft, and to maintain 230kt (425km/h) in level flight at 15,000ft. Performance required for the advanced flying training and fighter lead-in training phases are for Mach 0.65 at an operational ceiling of over 25,000ft, and a speed of 300kt at 1,000ft.

“The advanced trainer should have, in both seats, tactical displays inspired by and representative of fourth/fifth-generation fighter aircraft,” it adds, along with embedded training capability including simulated radar and weapons use.

Responses to the RFI are due to be submitted no later than 1 July, with details to include suggested aircraft numbers, along with acquisition and life-cycle cost estimates for the entire system.

A contract award for the deal could be placed in late 2016 or early 2017, with initial operating capability anticipated in 2018 or 2019 for instructor pilots. Full operational capability should follow in early 2020, the FMV says.

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Túlio escreveu:Só estiverem mesmo loucos: a pior coisa que podiam fazer, num momento desses, é atacar o Irã. Primeiro porque não é essa moleza toda de invadir como foi o Iraque. Exceto, claro, se não for realmente uma GUERRA mas sim uma série de ações exclusivamente aéreas (a Força Aérea do Irã mal ganha da NOSSA) para arrasar com a infraestrutura deles. Daí creio que funcionaria.

CONSEQUÊNCIA - ISIL arrebanhando montes de novos recrutas e recursos materiais. Califado mais forte de que nunca.

Lirolfuti escreveu:O BUFF pode vir ao Brasil

A Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) convidou a Força Aérea Americana (USAF) para no próximo mês de outubro trazer ao Brasil dois bombardeiros estratégicos B-52 Stratofortress, comumente chamado de BUFF (sigla de Big Ugly Fat Fucker) pelos pilotos americanos.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia – MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters

(Source: US Defense Security Cooperation Agency; issued May 20, 2015)


WASHINGTON --- The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopters and associated equipment, parts and logistical support for an estimated cost of $1.9 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

The Government of Saudi Arabia has requested a sale of ten (10) MH-60R multi-mission helicopters fourteen (14) APS-153(V) Multi-Mode radars (10 installed, 2 spares and 2 for testing); twenty-four T-700 GE 401 C engines (20 installed and 4 spares); twelve (12) APX-123 Identification Friend or Foe transponders (10 installed and 2 spares); fourteen (14) AN/AAS-44C(V) Multi-Spectral Targeting Systems Forward Looking Infrared Radars (10 installed, 2 spares, and 2 for testing); twenty-six (26) Embedded Global Positioning System/Inertial Navigation Systems with Selective Availability/Anti-Spoofing Module (20 installed and 6 spares); and Link-16 capability; one-thousand (1,000) AN/SSQ-36/53/62 sonobuoys; thirty-eight (38) AGM-114R Hellfire II missiles; five (5) AGM-114 M36-E9 Captive Air Training missiles; four (4) AGM-114Q Hellfire Training Missiles; three-hundred eighty (380) Advanced Precision Kill Weapons System rockets; twelve (12) M-240D crew served weapons; and twelve (12) GAU-21 crew served weapons.

Also included are spare engine containers; facilities study and design; spare and repair parts; support and test equipment; communication equipment; aerial refueling services; ferry support; publications and technical documentation; personnel training and training equipment; U.S. Government and contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other related elements of logistical and program support.

The estimated cost is $1.9 billion.

This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a strategic regional partner, which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.

The proposed sale will improve Saudi Arabia’s capability to meet current and future threats from enemy weapon systems. The MH-60R Multi-Mission Helicopter will provide the capability to identify, engage, and defeat maritime security threats along with the ability to perform secondary missions including vertical replenishment, search and rescue, and communications relay. Saudi Arabia will use the enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland defense.

The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.

The principal contractors will be Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Stratford, Connecticut; and Lockheed Martin Corporation in Owego, New York. There are no known offset agreements in connection with this potential sale.

Implementation of this proposed sale will require the assignment of additional U.S. Government and/or contractor representatives to Saudi Arabia.

There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

This notice of a potential sale is required by law and does not mean the sale has been concluded.


(EDITOR’S NOTE: Observers of US foreign military sales will note that this is possibly the highest price ever agreed for a helicopter, as Saudi Arabia will pay an average of $190 million for each of the ten MH-60Rs it is buying.
Admittedly, the total price tag includes some Hellfire missiles and laser-guided rockets, as well as support and other services, but the bottom line is that with this deal $1.9 billion only buys 10 helicopters.
For comparison purposes, the US Navy is buying 280 MH-60R helicopters for $13.295 billion (an average of $47.48 million per helicopter) according to the latest Pentagon Selected Acquisition Report, dated December 2014.)

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