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U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT APPROVES $3.8 BILLION F-16V AND F-16V-UPGRADE SALE TO BAHRAIN
An F-16V unit. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) $2.79 billion U.S. sale for 19 new-built Lockheed Martin F-16V and a $1.08 billion F-16V upgrade set for 20 F-16C/D Block-40 to Bahrain.
The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) outlines the major defence equipment of each proposed FMS deal ( and ). Congress has 30 days to reject either or both.
Marquee components of the deal include, among others, AN/APG-83 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radars, General Electric F-110-GE-129 engines, Improved Programmable Display Generators, Modular Mission Computers, Embedded Global Navigation Systems, AN/ALQ-211 AIDEWS self-protection and jamming suites and AN/APX-126 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) systems.
In addition, Bahrain also requested 25 AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods, six DB-110 Advanced Reconnaissance Systems, two AIM-9X air-to-air missiles (AAM), two AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM), and kits for small numbers of various other air-to-surface munitions, among them the GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb (LGB) and GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM).
The package also includes one Joint Mission Planning System, one F-16V simulator and captive training units (numbering between two and four) for the AIM-120C7, AGM-154 Joint Stand-off Weapon, MK-84/BLU-117, BLU-109 and AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile. Besides MDEs, both deals include training, maintenance support, spare parts, logistics support and other standard after-sale provisions.
President Trump’s administration has been pushing various proposed arms previously tabled by President Obama to the fore, particularly to countries with whom the previous administration expressed concerns over human rights, such as Bahrain. The White House the F-16 sale to Bahrain in March.
If finalized, this would be Lockheed Martin’s first new-built F-16V sale. This follows the company’s announcement in April to shift the F-16’s final assembly line from Fort Worth, Texas to Greenville in South Carolina. That month, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) a service life-extension program (SLEP) for its F-16 Block-40/42 and F-16 Block-50/52, lengthening airframe life from 8,000 hours to 12,000 hours.
The F-16V and SLEP have made Lockheed Martin optimistic about the potential F-16 upgrade market. In July 2016, the company in upgrading 500 serving F-16s, of which it was already engaged in providing for 300 aircraft in South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
An F-16V unit. Photo credit: Lockheed Martin
The U.S. State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale (FMS) $2.79 billion U.S. sale for 19 new-built Lockheed Martin F-16V and a $1.08 billion F-16V upgrade set for 20 F-16C/D Block-40 to Bahrain.
The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) outlines the major defence equipment of each proposed FMS deal ( and ). Congress has 30 days to reject either or both.
Marquee components of the deal include, among others, AN/APG-83 active electronically-scanned array (AESA) radars, General Electric F-110-GE-129 engines, Improved Programmable Display Generators, Modular Mission Computers, Embedded Global Navigation Systems, AN/ALQ-211 AIDEWS self-protection and jamming suites and AN/APX-126 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe (AIFF) systems.
In addition, Bahrain also requested 25 AN/AAQ-33 Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods, six DB-110 Advanced Reconnaissance Systems, two AIM-9X air-to-air missiles (AAM), two AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM), and kits for small numbers of various other air-to-surface munitions, among them the GBU-24 Paveway III laser-guided bomb (LGB) and GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM).
The package also includes one Joint Mission Planning System, one F-16V simulator and captive training units (numbering between two and four) for the AIM-120C7, AGM-154 Joint Stand-off Weapon, MK-84/BLU-117, BLU-109 and AGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile. Besides MDEs, both deals include training, maintenance support, spare parts, logistics support and other standard after-sale provisions.
President Trump’s administration has been pushing various proposed arms previously tabled by President Obama to the fore, particularly to countries with whom the previous administration expressed concerns over human rights, such as Bahrain. The White House the F-16 sale to Bahrain in March.
If finalized, this would be Lockheed Martin’s first new-built F-16V sale. This follows the company’s announcement in April to shift the F-16’s final assembly line from Fort Worth, Texas to Greenville in South Carolina. That month, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) a service life-extension program (SLEP) for its F-16 Block-40/42 and F-16 Block-50/52, lengthening airframe life from 8,000 hours to 12,000 hours.
The F-16V and SLEP have made Lockheed Martin optimistic about the potential F-16 upgrade market. In July 2016, the company in upgrading 500 serving F-16s, of which it was already engaged in providing for 300 aircraft in South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Btw Qatar is going for 24 x Typhoons deal just announced few days ago
Add that 24 x Rafale and 36 x F15
84 very potent aircraft for such a small country
Honestly Dassult have done very well on their own since they walked out of the Tyohoon project and built Rafale
Add that 24 x Rafale and 36 x F15
84 very potent aircraft for such a small country
Honestly Dassult have done very well on their own since they walked out of the Tyohoon project and built Rafale
The F-15QA ? request is for 72 ! so not realistic ofc i have see 24 of each types they have now 12 Mirage 2000-5EDA/DDA have replaced Mirage F1EDA/DDA, so number x 6
asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
Yes congress approved 72 but 36 is the order
They also have very formidable Mirage 2000-9
Very high standard
They also have very formidable Mirage 2000-9
Very high standard
