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MRCA: And Then There Are Five?
Marhalim Abas March 8, 2015
SHAH ALAM: JUST when I thought that the MRCA programme will be delayed indefinitely due to the economic uncertainties, something came up out of the blue.
Yes it may just be another PR blitz for LIMA 15 but I have been told that the MRCA programme has a new suitor, the Lockheed Martin F-16 Falcon. A suitor? Simply because there is no official word that it had been accepted as a candidate for the programme which is currently under abeyance.
Details remained sketchy but I am told that the variant offered to RMAF is the F-16V – Viper the latest generation Falcon which is fitted with an AESA radar. According to the Lockheed Martin website, the Viper is available as a new production or as an upgrade programme.
“The F-16V provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and increased combat capability, by including features such as an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, advanced mission computer, and Centre Pedestal Display.”
For the record, LM did not enter the F-16 for the MRCA programme when it was initially launched some two or four years ago ( based on who you asked). The recent overture I believed is more likely due to the sudden availability of newly-build F-16s originally ordered by Egypt and Iraq. As delivery for these airframes are problematic due to various reasons, they need to find options. These Falcons need to be upgraded first to be called Vipers with the above items of course.
It is likely that the offer will include new built F16s and second-hand airframes which will allow for a greater number of aircraft and more palatable to the bean counters. Furthermore I am told that the offer comes together with a financing and off-set package that may be used as a reference for the MRCA programme even if the aircraft itself is not selected.
For the record, the official MRCA candidates are the Boeing Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen.
Like the Super Hornets, the F-16 factory is set to close down within the next year or so as orders had dwindled considerably within the last few years. The only new build F-16s currently on the shop floor are those meant for Iraq which looking less likely to be delivered day-by-day.
It is projected that current F-16s will be retired by 2030.
Ah, the uncertainty things, perhaps even the Russians will make a last minute pitch for more MKMs!. The only thing certain for now is that it is unlikely that we will know the fate of the MRCA programme during LIMA 15.
http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=5962
Marhalim Abas March 8, 2015
SHAH ALAM: JUST when I thought that the MRCA programme will be delayed indefinitely due to the economic uncertainties, something came up out of the blue.
Yes it may just be another PR blitz for LIMA 15 but I have been told that the MRCA programme has a new suitor, the Lockheed Martin F-16 Falcon. A suitor? Simply because there is no official word that it had been accepted as a candidate for the programme which is currently under abeyance.
Details remained sketchy but I am told that the variant offered to RMAF is the F-16V – Viper the latest generation Falcon which is fitted with an AESA radar. According to the Lockheed Martin website, the Viper is available as a new production or as an upgrade programme.
“The F-16V provides pilots with enhanced situational awareness and increased combat capability, by including features such as an active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar, advanced mission computer, and Centre Pedestal Display.”
For the record, LM did not enter the F-16 for the MRCA programme when it was initially launched some two or four years ago ( based on who you asked). The recent overture I believed is more likely due to the sudden availability of newly-build F-16s originally ordered by Egypt and Iraq. As delivery for these airframes are problematic due to various reasons, they need to find options. These Falcons need to be upgraded first to be called Vipers with the above items of course.
It is likely that the offer will include new built F16s and second-hand airframes which will allow for a greater number of aircraft and more palatable to the bean counters. Furthermore I am told that the offer comes together with a financing and off-set package that may be used as a reference for the MRCA programme even if the aircraft itself is not selected.
For the record, the official MRCA candidates are the Boeing Super Hornet, Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and Saab Gripen.
Like the Super Hornets, the F-16 factory is set to close down within the next year or so as orders had dwindled considerably within the last few years. The only new build F-16s currently on the shop floor are those meant for Iraq which looking less likely to be delivered day-by-day.
It is projected that current F-16s will be retired by 2030.
Ah, the uncertainty things, perhaps even the Russians will make a last minute pitch for more MKMs!. The only thing certain for now is that it is unlikely that we will know the fate of the MRCA programme during LIMA 15.
http://www.malaysiandefence.com/?p=5962
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