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| Author: | rickusn [ 05 Feb 2004, 17:56 ] |
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Honeywell: Air Force Considers 144 Extra F-15Es [Defense Daily, Feb. 4, 2004] By Lorenzo Cortes Honeywell [HON] believes the Air Force is considering the possibility of having Boeing [BA] produce an extra 144 F-15E Strike Eagle fighter-bombers, a Honeywell official said yesterday. "We're now working with four other countries plus a requirement in the United States Air Force for 144 new F-15s to possibly come into the inventory in the next few years," Mike Garten, vice president of business development for OEM/Space/Technology for Honeywell, said during the company's media day in Washington, D.C. Garten later told Defense Daily a number of hypothetical possibilities get discussed regarding capabilities and requirements, and the 144 aircraft are presently not in the FY '05 budget request. Garten said it was a proposal that Boeing made to the Air Force. Boeing would not comment. The Air Force for its part said it is not programming to buy more F-15s. Honeywell produces the advanced display core processor, integrated INS/GPS navigation, air data and digital mapping solutions for F-15E. It also provides engine services and systems, the environmental control systems, auxiliary power, actuators and valves. Previously, Boeing had outlined plans that included international and attrition buys comprising the majority of F-15 builds in the future. South Korea is the most recent customer, slated to acquire 40 new F-15K fighter-bombers, having selected the K-model over the Rafale offered by France's Dassault Aviation for the $4.5 billion F-X fighter requirement (Defense Daily, April 22, 2002). The South Koreans could also possibly sign on for a second batch of fighters, but an amount for the second buy is not defined. The F-15T version is competing against the Eurofighter Typhoon offered by the Eurofighter consortium and the Rafale for Singapore's new fighter requirement (Defense Daily, Oct. 14). Israel, which operates the F-15I, may also order new fighters. Depending on the number of foreign buys for F-15E and its variants, Honeywell could provide systems for 160 new build aircraft. The Air Force's $296.5 million FY '05 budget request for the F-15E program includes provisions for ongoing modification and development work, allocating $181.6 million for procurement-related tasks and $115.2 million for research, development test and evaluation (RDT&E). This actually represents a slight decrease from the $322.7 million FY '04 request for F-15E, which totaled $200.3 million for procurement activity and $122.4 million for RDT&E. The service has also pulled funding in FY '05 from the Northrop Grumman [NOC] ALQ-135, an internal countermeasures management system and from the procurement account for BAE SYSTEMS' ALE-55 fiber optic towed decoy (Defense Daily, Jan. 13). Another driving factor could be uncertainty over how many F/A-22 fighters the Air Force ends up procuring from Lockheed Martin [LMT]. Presently, the Air Force is operating on a build-to-budget metric, but could end up acquiring 276 aircraft. This is lower than both the 339 and 295 numbers mentioned in the past. |
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| Author: | prkiii [ 05 Feb 2004, 19:30 ] |
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Here is a previous discussion on this topic... http://forum.a-10.org/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=4031 Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood moderator.....<img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle> If you can't go fast...go Ugly |
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| Author: | BenRoethig [ 06 Feb 2004, 09:49 ] |
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I hope those 144 are built to F-15K standards. |
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| Author: | prkiii [ 06 Feb 2004, 09:57 ] |
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<BLOCKQUOTE id=quote><font size=1 face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id=quote>quote:<hr height=1 noshade id=quote> I hope those 144 are built to F-15K standards. <hr height=1 noshade id=quote></BLOCKQUOTE id=quote></font id=quote><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" size=2 id=quote> I hope they are built above the K model standards... Brought to you by your friendly neighborhood moderator.....<img src=newicons/icon_hog.gif border=0 align=middle> If you can't go fast...go Ugly |
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| Author: | boomer [ 06 Feb 2004, 17:28 ] |
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I think they will be since I heard someone complaining/boasting that we were letting Korea et al pay for our developement work and getting an upgrade for nothing. "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0> |
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| Author: | boomer [ 16 Feb 2004, 10:47 ] |
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I think the budget is reeeeeal thin right now, they will probly do what they can get by with for now. "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us". George Orwell Fighting For Justice With Brains Of Steel ! <img src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/atengun2X.GIF" border=0> |
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