美 국방성, 해군 Super Hornet & Growler 구입계획 동의...

 

미 국방성이 미 해군의 F/A-18E/F Super Hornet 및 EA-18G Growler 구입안에 대해서 동의했다는 Flight International online

기사입니다. 공식적으로 발표된 내용은 아직 아닙니다만, 아래 기사에 의하면 다년계약으로 124대의 Super Hornet/Growle 를

구입하는, 앞서 소개했던 로이터통신 기사가 진행형 이라면, 이번 기사는 최종 결정이 이루어진 것으로 이해되는 기사입니다.

앞서 소개했던 기사를 참고하면, 전체 도입사업의 규모와 1기당 가격을 파악할 수 있습니다.  --->

 

US Navy Super Hornet & Growler

 

이번 계약은 구매자 입장에서는 다년계약을 보장하고, 판매자 입장에서는 가격을 낮춰주는 파격적인 제안을 하였습니다. 또한

Boeing 의 입장에서는 St. Louis 공장의 Super Hornet 생산라인을 2015년까지는 유지할 수 있게 되었으며, 현재 인도를 포함

몇몇 해외 국가들에 수출이 추가로 이루어진다면, 생산라인의 유지는 더 연장될 것으로 생각합니다.

 

또한 현재 미 해병대와 해군이 도입하기로 한 Lockheed Martin F-35B/C 의 순조로운 마무리 여부 역시 Super Hornet 에게는

중요한 요소가 될 것으로 보입니다.

 

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DATE: 14/05/10

SOURCE: Flight International

US DoD agrees to buy 124 F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs over 4 years

By Stephen Trimble

 

The US Department of Defense has agreed to buy 124 F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs manufactured by Boeing over the next four years for an undisclosed sum, a source familiar with the deal tells Flightglobal.com.

 

DoD notified Congress today that it will pursue a package deal called a multi-year procurement. The arrangement locks the government into a long-term contract, and the manufacturer provides a discounted price in exchange for the commitment.

 

Missouri Rep Todd Akin announced that DoD had approved the third multi-year procurement (MYP) for orders during Fiscal 2010-2014, but he did not provide numbers.

 

The source, however, confirms the package includes 66 F/A-18E/Fs and 58 EA-18Gs, raising the total fleet 515 F/A-18E/Fs and 114 EA-18Gs after the last deliveries occur in late 2015.

 

The cost for the four-year contract has not been disclosed. Boeing released a statement saying the package deal will cost 10% less buying the aircraft in annual lots.

 

"It is encouraging to see the Navy and DoD come to their senses on this issue, after I have spent two years arguing that a multi-year contract made sense on all fronts," Akin says.

 

Last year, DoD officials rejected Boeing's initial multi-year proposal, saying the three-year, 89-aircraft bid lowered the cost of procurement by less than 7%.

 

The Congressional Research Service extrapolated that even if Boeing's offer was extended to cover 150 aircraft over five years, it would still fall slightly short of DoD's 10% threshold for approving multi-year procurement (MYP) contracts.

 

The deal means that Boeing will continue producing the F/A-18E/F and EA-18G through at least calendar year 2015.

 

Extending the production line even further will depend partly on ongoing efforts to sell the aircraft abroad. Australia launched the export campaign for both aircraft types, and Boeing also is offering the fighter to India, Japan, Greece, Denmark, Kuwait and Canada.

 

But the programme's future also depends on the fate of the Lockheed Martin F-35B and F-35C for the Marine Corps and Navy, respectively. Both services intend to buy 680 F-35B/Cs to replace about 620 F/A-18C/Ds and about 120 AV-8B Harriers.

 

Meanwhile, the navy is also managing a projected fighter shortfall growing to at least 177 jets by FY2017.

 

 

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