US Navy cancels notice on F/A-18 fighter jet order plan
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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy on Thursday canceled a notice about a possible order of up to 36 more Boeing Co F/A-18 fighter jets or EA-18G electronic warfare planes after the posting on a federal procurement website sparked confusion this week.
The pre-solicitation notice, which first became public this week, had triggered renewed questions about the Navy’s commitment to the 392 billion radar-evading F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program by Lockheed Martin Corp.
Boeing has sought for years to sell the Navy more of its F/A-18E/F Super Hornets for use on aircraft carriers, as a hedge in case the more capable carrier variant of the F-35 fighter jet runs into further delays or technical challenges.
Navy officials this week said they had no plans to buy more Super Hornets or EA-18G Growlers in fiscal 2015 despite the notice on a federal procurement website. They said the notice was meant to ensure the “proper acquisition process” was in place if more U.S. or foreign orders materialized.
But the posting caught Pentagon officials by surprise, since the current Navy budget calls for F/A-18 funding to end in fiscal 2014, with production of the planes to end in 2016.
It was not immediately clear why Naval Air Systems Command, or Navair, decided to cancel the notice, which was first posted Oct. 17. The procurement website was updated on Thursday to say the notice had been canceled, but no explanation was provided.
Officials with Navair, which oversees aviation programs such as the F/A-18, could not be reached for comment. - Reuters
LONDON: Keputusan Malaysia untuk membeli jet pejuang baru menggantikan 18 pesawat MiG-29 buatan Russia mungkin mengambil masa kerana negara kini memberi tumpuan untuk mengurangkan bajet defisitnya, kata Datuk Seri Najib Razak.
Boeing's F/A-18 is also short-listed in Malaysia's competition to replace 18 Russian-made MIG-29s, but Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told Reuters on Thursday that the country's decision could be delayed by budget pressures.
SGPV is mean for patrolling key economic zone. So instead of point defence for defending itself, should not it have area defence capabilities instead of point defence?
mica is marketed as point defence system and not area defence. RMN shoulf consider having area defence capacity instead of just self defence
SGPV is mean for patrolling key economic zone. So instead of point defence for defending itself, should not it have area defence capabilities instead of point defence?
mica is marketed as point defence system and not area defence. RMN shoulf consider having area defence capacity instead of just self defence
soupir....Qui sommes-nous pour juger !
This post has been edited by Phillip_x: Nov 1 2013, 09:48 PM
SGPV is mean for patrolling key economic zone. So instead of point defence for defending itself, should not it have area defence capabilities instead of point defence?
mica is marketed as point defence system and not area defence. RMN shoulf consider having area defence capacity instead of just self defence
I dub really mind if mica were selected but the price tags must be reasonable. So wait official announcement baru comment.
Choose aster15/30 will be cheaper. Or we can go for searams + mica/essm.
searams + essm + nsm would be the best combo for me or mica + nsm also good
nsm with with stealth missile is very suitable for our sgpv design since its contain stealth element while still maintaining the effective range of 200km the same range as the exocet block 3
i have little doubt about essm since its a guided missile unlike mica its a fire and forget type of missile but it does hv awesome range of 50km and speed of mach 4+ unlike mica mach 3
searams + essm + nsm would be the best combo for me or mica + nsm also good
nsm with with stealth missile is very suitable for our sgpv design since its contain stealth element while still maintaining the effective range of 200km the same range as the exocet block 3
i have little doubt about essm since its a guided missile unlike mica its a fire and forget type of missile but it does hv awesome range of 50km and speed of mach 4+ unlike mica mach 3
pinoys still pissed at us for LD..lol they still think we are coward for sending jets and artillery against them instead of mano-o-mano in the jungle..i had a good fight with them on FB..hehe like atre/heavyduty/yinchet said before, war's never fair..
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