(Reuters) - The Iraqi government is seeking to buy 36 advanced F-16 fighters from the U.S., American military officials familiar with the request told the Wall Street Journal.
This move could help Iraq reduce its reliance on U.S. air power and potentially allow more American forces to withdraw from the country than had been proposed.
The F-16, made by Lockheed Martin Corp, is the most sophisticated weapons system Iraq has attempted to purchase so far.
Late in July, the U.S. Department of Defense had approved up to $10.7 billion in arms sales for Iraq, including a $2.16 billion sale of M1A1 Abrams tanks built by General Dynamics Corp.
The U.S. recently announced F-16 sales to Morocco and Romania. Those sales, each for roughly $100 million per plane with training, related equipment and support included, offer an indication of how lucrative the Iraq deal could be for Lockheed Martin and its suppliers.
Iraq now appears determined to significantly expand the air power of its military, which has become more competent and confident in recent months but depends heavily on the U.S. for air support.
Iraq quickly has become one of the biggest weapons buyers in the world as it seeks to strengthen and professionalise its fighting force.
No one was available at the U.S. Department of Defense for comment.
(Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bangalore, editing by Will Waterman)
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US Navy Delivers Final Coastal Patrol Boat to Iraq
The U.S. Navy delivered the final 35-meter patrol boat (PB 312) to the Iraqi navy at the Umm Qasr naval facility July 5, after successfully completing reactivation in Bahrain.
This is the last vessel in the current 12-ship procurement designed to help reconstitute Iraq's ability to enforce maritime sovereignty and security in the Northern Persian Gulf.
"The team successfully delivered all 12 important assets to the Iraqi navy, supporting Iraq's security requirements," said Frank McCarthey, program manager for Support Ships, Boats and Craft.
The U.S. Navy and Swiftships Shipbuilders LLC, Morgan City, La., supported the Iraqi navy in the procurement and construction of the patrol boats. The boats are armed with a 30mm gun weapon system, provide for a crew of 25, and are capable of reaching 30 knots.
The Support Ships, Boats and Craft Program Office in the U.S Navy's Program Executive Office (PEO) Ships, is managing the acquisition of the patrol boats as a foreign military sales case. In addition, the program office delivered two 60-meter offshore support vessels to the Iraqi navy, Dec. 20.
PEO Ships manages the design and construction of all U.S. Navy destroyers, amphibious ships, special mission and support ships, as well as a wide range of boats and craft for U.S. agencies and foreign military sales.
voila le genre d´IADS qu´on veut construire apparement:
-Hawk XXI avec le misterieux missile P ce qui confirme Hawk XXI pour nous (ca confirme aussi ce que je t´ai dit Tab: Batterie Hawk = 6 Fire units) -Avenger (Stinger B1) -Radar long+medium range -pas de Nasams(AIM120) pour eux.
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Iraq – Integrated Air Defense System
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2013 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of an Integrated Air Defense System and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.403 billion.
The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 40 AVENGER Fire Units, 681 STINGER Reprogrammable Micro-Processor (RMP) Block I 92H Missiles, 13 AN/MPQ-64F1 SENTINEL Radars, 7 AN/YSQ-184D Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence (FAAD C2I) Systems, 75 AN/VRC-92E SINCGARS Radios, 3 HAWK XXI Batteries (6 Fire Units) which include 6 Battery Fire Direction Centers, 6 High Powered Illuminator Radars, 216 MIM-23P HAWK Tactical Missiles, 2 Mobile Battalion Operation Centers (BOC), 3 HAWK XXI BOC Air Defense Consoles (ADCs), 1DS/GS Shop 20, 1 DS/GS Shop 21, 1 Mini-Certified Round Assembly Facility (MCRAF), Air Command and Control (C2) systems and surveillance radars for the Integrated Air Defense Systems that includes TPS-77 Long-Range Radars (LRR) and Omnyx-I0 Air Command and Control System, and 10 Medium Range Radars. Also included: Ground Air Transmit Receive Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency radio capability, facilities and construction for one (1) underground Air Defense Operations Center and two (2) Air Defense Sector Operations Centers, spare and repair parts, repair and return, software support, systems integration, long haul communication technical integration, communications equipment, support equipment and sustainment, tools and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representative engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $2.403 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 friendly country. This proposed sale directly supports the Iraqi government and serves the interests of the Iraqi people and the United States.
This proposed sale of Ground Based Air Defense Systems will help the Government of Iraq to modernize its armed forces. The proposed air defense system will provide the Iraqi Air Defense Command situational awareness of the country’s airspace and a baseline tactical radar and threat intercept capability. This capability will provide Iraq with the ability to contribute to regional air defenses and reduce its vulnerability to air attacks and also enhance interoperability between the Government of Iraq, the U.S., and other allies.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractors involved in this program are: Lockheed Martin Corporation, San Diego, California; Thales Raytheon Systems, Fullerton, California; Boeing Company and American General, Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts; Northrop Grumman, Rolling Meadows, Illinois; and Kratos Defense and Aerospace, Huntsville, Alabama. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require 20-25 U.S. Government or contractor representatives to travel to Iraq for a period of 8-10 weeks for equipment checkout and training.
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Iraq requests GBADS and mobile troposcatter radio sale from US 7 August 2013 The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has notified Congress of two potential foreign military sales (FMS) of ground-based air defence systems (GBADS) and mobile troposcatter radio systems, alongside associated equipment to Iraq.
Under the first estimated $2,403bn sale, Iraq has requested supply of 40 Avenger fire units, 681 Stinger reprogrammable micro-processor (RMP) Block I 92H missiles, 13 AN/MPQ-64F1 Sentinel radars, seven AN/YSQ-184D forward area air defence command, control, intelligence (FAAD C2I) systems and 75 AN/VRC-92E SINCGARS radios.
The package also includes three Hawk XXI batteries, including six battery fire direction centres, six high-powered illuminator radars, 216 MIM-23P Hawk tactical missiles, two mobile battalion operation centres (BOC), three Hawk XXI BOC air defence consoles, 1DS/GS Shop 20, one DS/GS Shop 21, one mini-certified round assembly facility (MCRAF), as well as air command and control (C2) systems and surveillance radars for the integrated air defence systems.
The integrated air defence systems feature TPS-77 long-range radars (LRR), a Omnyx-I0 air command and control system and ten medium-range radars.
Additional equipment being supplied under the first sale includes ground air transmit ultra-high frequency radio capability, facilities and construction for one underground air defence operations centre and two air defence sector operations centres, spare and repair parts amongst others.Under the second estimated $339m sale, the US will supply 19 mobile troposcatter radio systems, along with ten mobile microwave radio systems, spare and repair parts, personnel training and training equipment, as well as other associated elements of programme and logistics support.
Primarily aimed at modernising Iraq's armed forces, the GBADS will enable Iraq to contribute to regional air defences and reduce its vulnerability to air attacks by offering situational awareness of the national airspace and a baseline tactical radar and threat intercept capability.
The mobile troposcatter radios and services are scheduled to provide critical redundancy for national level command and control.
Prime contractors for the first sale include Lockheed Martin, Thales Raytheon Systems, Boeing, American General, Northrop Grumman, Kratos Defense and Aerospace and Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.
Raytheon will also serve as the prime contractor for the second FMS programme
Les pauvres Irakiens, après tout ce qui prennent/ont pris à cause des US, ils n'ont même pas leur confiance.
Pour WVR, AIM-9L/M-8/9 et pour BVR, AIM-7M totalement obsolète
On a du les convaincre en disant "l'AIM-7 a fait un tabac contre vos avions en 91"
J'éspère qu'ils n'ont pas l'ambition de construire des réacteurs nucléaires ...
Ils auront pas l'AMRAAM sur leur F-16IQ, pourquoi leur donner la version SL ?
En gros, tout ces deals sont là pour dire "protéger votre pays mais ne pensait pas trop en sortir", avec leur F-16, ils pourront faire que du CAS dans des ops intérieures ...
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Les pauvres Irakiens, après tout ce qui prennent/ont pris à cause des US, ils n'ont même pas leur confiance.
Pour WVR, AIM-9L/M-8/9 et pour BVR, AIM-7M totalement obsolète
On a du les convaincre en disant "l'AIM-7 a fait un tabac contre vos avions en 91"
J'éspère qu'ils n'ont pas l'ambition de construire des réacteurs nucléaires ...
Ils auront pas l'AMRAAM sur leur F-16IQ, pourquoi leur donner la version SL ?
En gros, tout ces deals sont là pour dire "protéger votre pays mais ne pensait pas trop en sortir", avec leur F-16, ils pourront faire que du CAS dans des ops intérieures ...
ils vont acheter uniquement pour éclater barzani ces f-16 ne vont servir que à cela et une fois mis sous embargo ils pourront utiliser l'excuse pour acheter/russes/chinois/iranien le contrat avec les russes a surement été stopé par les états unis dedans il été même question de juste après acheter des mig-29 m2
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Iraq negotiates with U.S. the purchase of 200 Bradley M2A2 ODS armoured infantry fighting vehicles.
The Iraqi government is negotiating with the US government and BAE Systems to purchase 200 Bradley M2A2 ODS (Operation Desert Storm) Fighting Vehicles sometime during the next 15 months, according to BAE officials. (Source DefenseNews)
The potential deal is expected sometime in 2014 and could come just before another expected agreement is reached with Saudi Arabia to buy Bradleys in 2015. The Iraq contract would provide recently upgraded M2A2 ODS (Operation Desert Storm) variants to the Baghdad government, the same vehicles that the US Army National Guard uses. If the deals eventually go through, they’ll follow on about $4.3 billion worth of contracts the Iraqi government has requested in recent weeks from the US government for 50 Stryker infantry carriers, helicopters and air defense systems.
There is also a pending $750 million deal to do maintenance work on Iraqi M113s, Humvees, M88s and other ground vehicles, which Signorelli said BAE will likely bid on as part of a team with industry partners.
The M2A2 Bradley AIFV (Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle) was introduced in the U.S. Army in 1988, it's an improved version of the standard vehicle Bradley M2A1.
After Operation Desert Storm (First Gulf War in 1991), the M2A2 was upgraded again with the addition of an eye-safe carbon dioxide laser rangefinder, global positioning system and compass, combat identification system, and thermal viewer for the driver. The 1423 M2A2 Bradleys brought up to this standard were referred to as M2A2 ODS (Operation Desert Storm).
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voila le genre d´IADS qu´on veut construire apparement:
-Hawk XXI avec le misterieux missile P ce qui confirme Hawk XXI pour nous (ca confirme aussi ce que je t´ai dit Tab: Batterie Hawk = 6 Fire units) -Avenger (Stinger B1) -Radar long+medium range -pas de Nasams(AIM120) pour eux.
en bleu c e qui nous manque
DSCA a écrit:
Iraq – Integrated Air Defense System
WASHINGTON, August 5, 2013 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress today of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Iraq of an Integrated Air Defense System and associated equipment, parts, training and logistical support for an estimated cost of $2.403 billion.
The Government of Iraq has requested a possible sale of 40 AVENGER Fire Units, 681 STINGER Reprogrammable Micro-Processor (RMP) Block I 92H Missiles, 13 AN/MPQ-64F1 SENTINEL Radars, 7 AN/YSQ-184D Forward Area Air Defense Command, Control, and Intelligence (FAAD C2I) Systems, 75 AN/VRC-92E SINCGARS Radios, 3 HAWK XXI Batteries (6 Fire Units) which include 6 Battery Fire Direction Centers, 6 High Powered Illuminator Radars, 216 MIM-23P HAWK Tactical Missiles, 2 Mobile Battalion Operation Centers (BOC), 3 HAWK XXI BOC Air Defense Consoles (ADCs), 1DS/GS Shop 20, 1 DS/GS Shop 21, 1 Mini-Certified Round Assembly Facility (MCRAF), Air Command and Control (C2) systems and surveillance radars for the Integrated Air Defense Systems that includes TPS-77 Long-Range Radars (LRR) and Omnyx-I0 Air Command and Control System, and 10 Medium Range Radars. Also included: Ground Air Transmit Receive Ultra High Frequency/Very High Frequency radio capability, facilities and construction for one (1) underground Air Defense Operations Center and two (2) Air Defense Sector Operations Centers, spare and repair parts, repair and return, software support, systems integration, long haul communication technical integration, communications equipment, support equipment and sustainment, tools and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training and training equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representative engineering, technical, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics support. The estimated cost is $2.403 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 friendly country. This proposed sale directly supports the Iraqi government and serves the interests of the Iraqi people and the United States.
This proposed sale of Ground Based Air Defense Systems will help the Government of Iraq to modernize its armed forces. The proposed air defense system will provide the Iraqi Air Defense Command situational awareness of the country’s airspace and a baseline tactical radar and threat intercept capability. This capability will provide Iraq with the ability to contribute to regional air defenses and reduce its vulnerability to air attacks and also enhance interoperability between the Government of Iraq, the U.S., and other allies.
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractors involved in this program are: Lockheed Martin Corporation, San Diego, California; Thales Raytheon Systems, Fullerton, California; Boeing Company and American General, Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania; Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, Andover, Massachusetts; Northrop Grumman, Rolling Meadows, Illinois; and Kratos Defense and Aerospace, Huntsville, Alabama. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale.
Implementation of this proposed sale will require 20-25 U.S. Government or contractor representatives to travel to Iraq for a period of 8-10 weeks for equipment checkout and training.
Je pense que les Avengers ont été substituer au Maroc, par les Chapparals ou Tunguska
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finalement les photos du Mi35M c'était pour l'Irak !! ... à terme l'armée irakienne doit avoir une flotte d'hélicos d'attaque composée de Mi5M, Mi28 et Ka52 ... l'achat des Mi35M entre dans le cadre d'un contrat qui date apparemment d'Avril 2013 pour 6 hélicos piur une valeur globale de 256M$
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