Armée Saoudienne / Armed Forces of Saudi Arabia

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WASHINGTON, November 28, 2012 – The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress November 26 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for technical services to recertify the functional shelf life of up to 300 PATRIOT Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) (MIM-104D) Guidance Enhanced Missiles and associated equipment, parts, training nd logistical support for an estimated cost of $130 million.
The Government of Saudi Arabia has requested a possible sale of technical services to recertify the functional shelf life of up to 300 PATRIOT Advanced Capability-2 (PAC-2) (MIM-104D) Guidance Enhanced Missiles (GEM), modernization of existing equipment, spare and repair parts, support equipment, U.S. Government and contractor representatives logistics, engineering, and technical support services, and other related elements of logistics and program support. The estimated cost is $130 million.
This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of an important partner which has been, and continues to be, an important force for political stability and economic progress in the Middle East.
The proposed recertification program will allow the Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces to extend the shelf life of the PAC-2 missiles in its inventory for an additional twelve years.
The proposed recertification program will not alter the basic military balance in the region.
The principal contractor will be Raytheon Corporation in Andover, Massachusetts. The recertification process will be performed by Letterkenny Army Depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale
Implementation of this proposed sale will require one contractor representative to travel to the Missile Assembly Disassembly Facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on an extended basis for missile assembly/disassembly support, system checkout, training and technical and logistics support.
There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of this proposed sale.

http://www.dsca.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2012/Saudi_Arabia_12-65.pdf

bizarre…. Seulement recertification program ?
Après les commandes des voisins et surtout la dernière commande d’avant hier pour le C4I je m’attendais plutôt à une commande THAAD ou PAC3…bizarre

S'intéressent au Boxer on dirait :

http://translate.google.fr/translate?sl=de&tl=fr&js=n&prev=_t&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiegel.de%2Fpolitik%2Fausland%2Fsaudi-arabien-will-hunderte-boxer-panzer-kaufen-a-870459.html&act=url

je viens de la voir sur infos,destinés a la garde royale,decision retardée a 2013 avec les Leo2 aussi.

Le Al-Fahd, ils l'ont construit pour le fun ?

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Le Al-Fahd, ils l'ont construit pour le fun ?

pour frimer dans les salon internationaux

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Crash d'un avion militaire dans les eaux du Golfe
Un chasseur-bombardier F-15 saoudien s'est abîmé par accident dans les eaux du Golfe, a annoncé lundi le ministère saoudien de la Défense. Le pilote est porté disparu.

Selon une source du ministère citée par l'agence officielle SPA, «un accident s'est produit dimanche soir alors que l'appareil était en mission d'entraînement de routine». «Les recherches se poursuivent pour retrouver le pilote», selon le communiqué, qui précise que l'avion s'est abîmé dans les eaux territoriales saoudiennes dans l'est du royaume.Un chasseur-bombardier F-15 s'était déjà écrasé en avril lors d'un entraînement de routine dans le nord-ouest du royaume. Le pilote avait alors pu s'éjecter.

Les Etats-Unis et l'Arabie saoudite avaient signé en décembre 2011 un contrat de vente de 84 chasseurs-bombardiers F-15 et de modernisation de 70 autres appareils pour plus de 29 milliards de dollars.

http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/14680896

toutes nos pensés pour le pilote

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Saudi Arabia Keen to Buy German Armored Vehicles

By German Radio on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012
Saudi Arabia has officially asked about purchasing several hundred Germany armored fighting vehicles, the magazine Spiegel reports. The inquiry was discussed at a secret meeting of the German Federal Security Council.

The Federal Security Council considered the transaction on Monday, according to Spiegel. A decision has been postponed until the coming year.

The council is a committee made up of the chancellor and several federal ministers that oversees matters of national defense, including the approval of arms exports.

Saudi Arabia is specifically interested in the Boxer troop transporter, considered by some to be one of the more advanced fighting vehicles in the world and currently employed by the German military in Afghanistan.

The Boxer would allow the Saudi Kingdom to significantly upgrade the Royal Guard Regiment of its army.

The council did not rule on Saudi Arabia’s request for the delivery of “Leopard-2″ battle tanks, a point of controversy in Germany.

A decision to export rocket-propelled grenades bunker-busting munitions to Israel was approved at the same meeting, Spiegel reported.

In 2011, the German government exported some 5.4 billion euros ($7 billion) worth of arms, an approximately 14 percent increase from last year. The government has not yet published figures on arms exports in 2012.



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Edit Mtw : Déjà posté ! c'est le 2ème aujourd'hui

old old

Pas très ancien, le Roi Saoud renversé par Fayçal et les autres frères..

HMS Al Makkah ( 814 ) durant un Passex avec la marine turque en 2011

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BAE Systems Update on Contract

By BAE Systems on Friday, December 21st, 2012


Discussions with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Government have been underway for some time to agree definitive pricing for the supply of 72 Typhoon aircraft to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) contracted in 2007 under the government to government Salam programme. Whilst progress has been made through the course of these negotiations, issues remain to be resolved before contract pricing, acceptable to all parties, can be agreed.
Discussions continue towards a Salam agreement. Acceptable pricing terms remain the Group’s driver to such an agreement, not the timing of the settlement. Should an acceptable agreement not be reached before the Group’s full year results announcement, the impact on 2012 trading guidance would be to reduce the Group’s underlying earnings per share by approximately 3 pence per share.
BAE Systems, as the prime contractor to the UK Government, has delivered 24 Typhoon aircraft to date. All parties remain committed to the programme and further aircraft are in-build for deliveries to recommence in 2013.
Further progress has been made on other aspects of the Group’s business in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Following the approval of budgets amounting to $12bn in December 2011, negotiation of contracts to provide the next five years of support together with supply of other related equipment under the core Saudi British Defence Cooperation Programme (SBDCP) are well advanced and are expected to be signed before the end of 2012. These contracts will allocate a significant proportion of the approved budgets.
These contracts under the SBDCP follow the £1.6bn award, in May 2012, to support the future aircrew training requirements of the RSAF. That contract includes the supply of 22 new Hawk Advanced Jet Trainer aircraft, 55 Pilatus PC-21 aircraft and other aircrew training equipment.


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According to French financial daily "Les Echos", the Saudi Arabian National Guard ordered 68 MPCV air defense vehicles from French company Lohr. Very little information is avaiblable on this specific vehicle, however Army Recognition saw it during Eurosatory 2012 back in June. We are therefore able to provide some details on this little-known vehicle.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012, 10:42 AM

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Saudi mulls German tank deal: report
by Staff Writers
Berlin (AFP) Dec 29, 2012
Saudi Arabia is planning to buy 30 German Dingo 2 armoured vehicles worth about 100 million euros, Bild am Sonntag reported in its Sunday edition.

Quoting sources close to the talks on a deal, the paper said Riyadh could eventually purchase up to 100 of the mine resistant, ambush protected Dingos.

The Dingo 2 is advertised by its maker Krauss-Maffei Wegmann as "the safest and best-protected wheeled vehicle in its class" with an "outstanding performance on extremely difficult terrains and under extreme climatic conditions".

The vehicle is also fitted with a nuclear biological and chemical protection system.

Germany's national security council of which Chancellor Angela Merkel is a member is still to make a final decision on the deal but has already given the green light in principle, said the weekly.

Saudi Arabia has repeatedly shown an interest in German tanks.

Earlier this year Bild am Sonntag reported, quoting government sources, that Riyadh wanted to buy 600-800 Leopard battle tanks, more than twice as many as originally envisaged.

For decades Germany has declined to sell such heavy weapons to Saudi Arabia because of concerns over human rights and fears for Israel's security.

Opposition politicians and even some members of Merkel's ruling centre-right coalition had slammed the reported tank sale, particularly in light of pro-democracy uprisings throughout the Middle East.

http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Saudi_mulls_German_tank_deal_report_999.html

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Lockheed gets $253 million in Saudi F-15SA upgrade



Lockheed Martin Corp., Akron, Ohio, (FA8621-12-R-6256) is being awarded a $253,381,949 firm-fixed-price contract for the Saudi Arabia F-15SA modernization program. The location of the performance is Akron, Ohio. Work is expected to be completed by June 2020. The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WNSK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Contract involves foreign military sales to Saudi Arabia

MacAulay-Brown Inc., Dayton, Ohio, (FA0021-11-F-0005) is being awarded a $30,913,181 contract modification that exercises the first option year of the original contract. The option modification provides the same intelligence services to process, exploit and disseminate support services for Headquarters, Air Force Special Operations Command. The location of the performance is Hurlburt Field, Fla. Work is expected to be completed by Jan. 15, 2014. The contracting activity is AFSOC/A7KQ, Hulburt Field, Fla.

DTS Aviation Services, Fort Worth, Texas, (FA8106-05-C-0001) is being awarded a $15,467,175 contract modification for C-21A contractor logistics support. The location of the performance is Joint Base Andrews, Md.; Scott Air Force Base, Ill.; Peterson Air Force Base, Colo.; Ramstein Air Base, Germany; Oklahoma City, Okla. and Battle Creek, Mich. Work is expected to be completed by Sep. 30, 2013. The contracting activity is AFLCMC/WLKLC, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla.

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General Dynamics Land Systems has been awarded $132.7 million for the procurement and production of 69 Saudi M1A2 (M1A2S) Abrams tanks for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This work is part of a plan by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to upgrade its fleet of tanks.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 08:56 AM

http://www.armyrecognition.com/january_2013_army_military_defense_industry_news/index.php

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Crash d'un avion militaire dans les eaux du Golfe
Un chasseur-bombardier F-15 saoudien s'est abîmé par accident dans les eaux du Golfe, a annoncé lundi le ministère saoudien de la Défense. Le pilote est porté disparu.

Selon une source du ministère citée par l'agence officielle SPA, «un accident s'est produit dimanche soir alors que l'appareil était en mission d'entraînement de routine». «Les recherches se poursuivent pour retrouver le pilote», selon le communiqué, qui précise que l'avion s'est abîmé dans les eaux territoriales saoudiennes dans l'est du royaume.Un chasseur-bombardier F-15 s'était déjà écrasé en avril lors d'un entraînement de routine dans le nord-ouest du royaume. Le pilote avait alors pu s'éjecter.

Les Etats-Unis et l'Arabie saoudite avaient signé en décembre 2011 un contrat de vente de 84 chasseurs-bombardiers F-15 et de modernisation de 70 autres appareils pour plus de 29 milliards de dollars.

http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/monde/story/14680896

toutes nos pensés pour le pilote

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Allah y rehmo (R.I.P)

Slayt..

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Suisse/Arabie/armement : le Conseil fédéral refuse une vente à l’Arabie saoudite

mercredi 23 janvier 2013 - 15h41
MédiArabe.Info

L’entreprise d’armement KRISS ne pourra pas vendre pour 45 millions de matériel à l’Arabie saoudite. Estimant que les armes risquaient d’être utilisées en violation des droits de l’homme, le Conseil fédéral a mis mercredi son veto à sa demande d’exportation.

Il a utilisé sa marge de manœuvre, a justifié devant la presse le porte-parole du gouvernement André Simonazzi. La demande concerne des éléments de pistolets. Les différentes parties auraient dû être livrées aux Etats-Unis, où elles auraient été assemblées avant d’être exportées en Arabie saoudite.

L’affaire avait été rendue publique jeudi dernier par la télévision alémanique. L’émission « 10 vor 10 » avait révélé que le lobby suisse des armes avait envoyé une lettre au président de la Confédération Ueli Maurer afin que le Conseil fédéral donne son feu vert à la vente. Il avait mis en avant la défense des emplois.

Le Groupe pour une Suisse sans armée (GSSA) avait dénoncé la transaction, rappelant que ces armes sont destinées à la garde royale d’Arabie saoudite, qui viole systématique et gravement les droits de l’homme. Selon le GSSA, la vente aurait donc contrevenu à l’ordonnance sur le matériel de guerre. (ats).

Tant mieux, l'Arabie saoudite achètera plus d'arme à la Turquie.

Les saoudiens développeront les sous systèmes électronique des avions de guerre en leur possession..

comme chaque dimanche porte son lot de deals saoudiens ici,le journal "Bild am Sonntag" parle d´un deal OKé de principe par le conseil de securité pour des patrouilleurs(garde cotes) de la werft Lürssen,montant 1,5 B€.
un seul coute entre 10-25 M€. les navires sont a livrer dans 2 ans apres signature du contrat.

http://www.bild.de/politik/ausland/militaerwaffen/saudis-wollen-deutsche-militaerschiffe-kaufen-28461362.bild.html

J'attend de voir le ration Prix payé/unité à 1.5 B€ le deal pour un coup unitaire de 10-25M€ je sens que les allemands ce sont gavés

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Saudi Arabia To Buy German Patrol Boats



The Kingdom is expected to spend $2 billion on ships from a Bremen-based dockyard.


By Reuters 6 hours ago

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An Emirates First Class lounge in Dubai.Saudi Arabia is looking into buying patrol boats worth 1.5 billion euros ($2 billion) from a German firm, and appears to have won the Berlin government’s approval despite widespread public criticism of arms deals, a newspaper reported on Sunday.
The Arab kingdom was exploring a deal to buy the ships, each costing between 10 and 25 million euros, from Bremen-based dockyard Luerssen, Bild am Sonntag newspaper said.
Arms exports are a sensitive issue in Germany given the country’s Nazi past and the role arms makers like Krupp played in fuelling numerous 19th and 20th century wars.
Germany’s national security council, which includes Chancellor Angela Merkel and the ministers of defence, development, economy and foreign affairs, had already given the deal a preliminary nod, according to the newspaper.
The council has to approve such deals in Germany but its decisions are not made public. A spokeswoman for the economy ministry, which oversees such deals, declined to comment.
No one at Luerssen was immediately available for comment.
The newspaper did not say why Saudi Arabia might be seeking the vessels.
But Saudi Arabia’s foe Iran has repeatedly threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, a route for oil exports from the Gulf, if Iranian nuclear sites are attacked by Israel, which believes Tehran is trying to develop an atomic bomb – a charge Tehran denies.
While Iran’s navy lacks a modern combat capability, its Revolutionary Guards have a wide range of more modern missile patrol boats armed with Chinese and Iranian-made anti-ship missiles, Western defence analysts say.
With less than eight months to go until Germany’s federal elections, the news drew criticism from opposition politicians.
“The government apparently wants to totally arm Saudi Arabia and has not learned anything from the public protests against weapons deliveries to this country,” said Thomas Oppermann, parliamentary floor leader for the opposition Social Democrats.
Germany has refrained from exporting heavy weapons to Gulf states in the past because of its relationship with Israel and more recently because of the Arab Spring revolts.
However, according to a government report, Berlin approved the export of 5.4 billion euros worth of arms in 2011, after studying requests from different countries, a 14 percent increase from the previous year. Of those arms, 42 per cent went to countries outside the European Union or NATO.
In December, Bild am Sonntag reported the German government was close to completing a 100-million-euro arms deal for “Dingo” armoured vehicles and Der Spiegel magazine reported Saudi Arabia wanted to buy several hundred BOXER armoured fighting vehicles.
In 2011, Saudi Arabian security sources said the country was buying hundreds of tanks from Germany in a multi-billion euro deal that German opposition lawmakers at the time said contravened export guidelines for military hardware.
After World War Two, successive West German and later united German governments placed tight restrictions on arms exports, especially to regions where there were armed conflicts or where human rights were poorly respected.
“It’s time to stop all weapons exports to Saudi Arabia,” said Jan van Aken of the Left party, adding his party would make that demand in parliament.

gulfbusiness.com

Crash d'un tornado en KSA, l'equipage est sain et sauf :


http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2013/02/11/265746.html

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Crash d'un tornado en KSA, l'equipage est sain et sauf :

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تحطم مقاتلة سعودية في الظهران ونجاة طاقمها
تعرضت لخلل فني خلال مهمة تدريبية روتينية في ميدان التدريب بقاعدة عبد العزيز الجوية

الإثنين 01 ربيع الثاني 1434هـ - 11 فبراير 2013م

الرياض - فرانس برس
أعلن مسؤول في وزارة الدفاع السعودية، تحطم مقاتلة من طراز "تورنيدو" عصر اليوم الاثنين أثناء مهمة تدريبية في الظهران، مشيراً إلى نجاة طاقمها.

وذكرت وكالة الأنباء الرسمية، نقلاً عن مصدر رسمي، أن الطائرة المقاتلة من طراز "تورنيدو" تابعة للقوات الجوية الملكية سقطت بينما كانت في مهمة تدريبية روتينية عصر الاثنين في ميدان التدريب بقاعدة الملك عبدالعزيز الجوية بالظهران.

وعزا المصدر الأسباب إلى "تعرض الطائرة لخلل فني أدى إلى سقوطها ونجاة طاقهما". وختم مشيراً إلى تعيين "فريق فني للتحقيق في أسباب سقوطها".

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Saudi Tornado fighter crashes in training


A Saudi Arabian Tornado fighter crashed in the kingdom's Eastern Province during a training mission on Monday, but its crew survived, the defence ministry said.




The aircraft crashed at the King Abdul Aziz Airbase in Dhahran while on a "routine training mission," state news agency SPA quoted a ministry official as saying.
"The crew escaped the accident unharmed," the official said.
They said a "technical problem" caused the accident, and that a probe had been opened to find out the precisely what it was.
In December, A Saudi F-15 fighter crashed into Gulf waters during an exercise, killing its pilot.
Another F-15 crashed last April during a routine training exercise in the northwest of the Gulf kingdom, but its pilot was able to eject.
Saudi Arabia, a regular client for British military hardware, ordered a number of training aircraft from Britain in a deal worth $3 billion (2.2 million euros) in May.

ahram