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بعد موافقة كل من الخارجية الأمريكية والكونجرس
السعودية تحصلت على البافاي 4 بصفقة قيمتها 150 مليون جنيه استرليني
والتسليم بدأ فعليا وسيستمر لسنتين لأكتمال تسلم كامل الأعداد
الصفقة كانت ضمن تسليح التايفون والتورنيدو السعودية
والعقد كان بين السعودية وبريطانيا
ولكن حصل تأخيل لسنوات بسبب الرفض الأمريكي سابقا لتمرير الصفقة
Raytheon Secures First Export for Paveway IV
GLENROTHES, SCOTLAND — Raytheon UK’s Paveway IV
precision-guided bomb has secured its first export customer, following US
congressional approval for a deal to supply weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Export of the Paveway IV to the Saudis has been held up for several years by
the refusal of the US State Department to give clearance for US components
included in the weapon.
Raytheon UK officials briefing reporters at the company’s facility here
confirmed they had signed their first Paveway IV export customer, but said they
were not able to identify the nation involved.
Saudi Arabia, though, has been previously identified as the first potential
export customer by numerous media organizations.
John Michel, the weapons business director at Raytheon UK, said the contract
was signed in December and approved by the US Congress in February.
Michel said weapons would be produced over the next two years, with the first
bombs handed over in about 18 months.
Raytheon officials declined to say how much the deal was worth, but the value
is believed to be in the region of £150 million (US $247 million), industry
sources have said.
To date, only the UK’s Royal Air Force has purchased the Paveway IV; it is
deployed on Tornado and Typhoon jets. Saudi Arabia operates both types of combat
aircraft.
Raytheon UK is closing production of a British order to replenish Paveway IV
stocks run down by operations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Raytheon officials at the briefing said the company has delivered 4,000 of
the 500-pound warhead guided bombs to the British.
Michel said approval of the export deal by the US should open the way for
possible upcoming orders from other Typhoon customers, including Oman. The gulf
nation has ordered a squadron’s worth of Typhoons but deliveries have yet to get
underway.
السعودية تحصلت على البافاي 4 بصفقة قيمتها 150 مليون جنيه استرليني
والتسليم بدأ فعليا وسيستمر لسنتين لأكتمال تسلم كامل الأعداد
الصفقة كانت ضمن تسليح التايفون والتورنيدو السعودية
والعقد كان بين السعودية وبريطانيا
ولكن حصل تأخيل لسنوات بسبب الرفض الأمريكي سابقا لتمرير الصفقة
Raytheon Secures First Export for Paveway IV
GLENROTHES, SCOTLAND — Raytheon UK’s Paveway IV
precision-guided bomb has secured its first export customer, following US
congressional approval for a deal to supply weapons to Saudi Arabia.
Export of the Paveway IV to the Saudis has been held up for several years by
the refusal of the US State Department to give clearance for US components
included in the weapon.
Raytheon UK officials briefing reporters at the company’s facility here
confirmed they had signed their first Paveway IV export customer, but said they
were not able to identify the nation involved.
Saudi Arabia, though, has been previously identified as the first potential
export customer by numerous media organizations.
John Michel, the weapons business director at Raytheon UK, said the contract
was signed in December and approved by the US Congress in February.
Michel said weapons would be produced over the next two years, with the first
bombs handed over in about 18 months.
Raytheon officials declined to say how much the deal was worth, but the value
is believed to be in the region of £150 million (US $247 million), industry
sources have said.
To date, only the UK’s Royal Air Force has purchased the Paveway IV; it is
deployed on Tornado and Typhoon jets. Saudi Arabia operates both types of combat
aircraft.
Raytheon UK is closing production of a British order to replenish Paveway IV
stocks run down by operations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
Raytheon officials at the briefing said the company has delivered 4,000 of
the 500-pound warhead guided bombs to the British.
Michel said approval of the export deal by the US should open the way for
possible upcoming orders from other Typhoon customers, including Oman. The gulf
nation has ordered a squadron’s worth of Typhoons but deliveries have yet to get
underway.
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