Eurofighter 社가 일본 F-X 사업에 제안한 내용

 

日本의 차기전투기 도입사업 (F-X) 에 BAE Systems 社가 Eurofighter Typhoon 전투기를 판매하는 조건으로 日本에

제안한 내용과 관련된 Flightglobal on-line 9월 28일字 기사를 소개 합니다.

 

Typhoon 전투기의 日本 판매와 관련하여 금액을 포함한 상세한 내용을 언급하기에는 현재로써는 이른감이 있습니다만,

아래 기사에 의하면, 만약 日本이 F-X 사업의 후보기종으로 Typhoon 전투기를 선정한다면, 日本내에서의 생산은 물론,

생산과 관련된 주도권을 모두 日本에 넘겨주겠다는 제안을 BAE Systems 社가 하였다는 내용입니다.

 

특히 Typhoon 전투기 제작과 관련된 Software 는 물론 이와 관련된 source (or data) code 도 모두 제공하겠다는 내용

입니다.

 

아래 기사를 통해 BAE Systems 사의 제안과 관련된 상세한 내용들을 파악하기에는 미흡하지만, software 와 관련된

흥미로운 내용이 있어 소개 합니다.

 

끝으로 아래 참조용으로 소개하는 사진들은 지난 6월초 실시된 Northenr Viking 2011 훈련에 참가한 이탈리아 공군 소속

Typhoon 전투기들이 Iceland 상공을 비행하는 모습 입니다.

 

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BAE: Eurofighter pitch offers Japan 'sovereign control' of Typhoon

FlightGlobal, London

By Craig Hoyle

 

BAE Systems has submitted the Eurofighter consortium's proposal for Japan's F-X fighter requirement, describing it as representing a "cost-effective" solution.

 

In a media release issued on 26 September, Nigel Whitehead, BAE's group managing director programmes and support, described the Eurofighter Typhoon as "the most capable deterrent to regional threats".

 

Whitehead added: "Through our ability to offer licensed production, maintenance and technology transfer, Japan can have sovereign control of manufacture, support and upgrade of Typhoon aircraft in Japan by Japanese industry.

 

"We are also able to offer software source codes and other data, giving Japan the ability to develop the aircraft itself to meet its own unique needs, now and in the future."

 

Tabled with the support of the UK government, Eurofighter partner companies Alenia Aeronautica and EADS and Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, the BAE-led Typhoon bid is a candidate to replace the Japan Air Self-Defence Force's McDonnell Douglas/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries F-4 Phantoms.

 

Also on 26 September, Boeing confirmed it had responded to Tokyo's F-X request for proposals, with its offering based on the US Navy's Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet Block II. Lockheed Martin was also issued with the request in April to pitch the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

 

BAE also made reference to the Royal Air Force's recent first combat use of the Typhoon as a multi-role aircraft. The type logged 3,000 flight hours in support of NATO's operation Unified Protector over Libya during a six-month period.

 

More than 290 Eurofighters have now been delivered to partner nations Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK, plus export customers Austria and Saudi Arabia.

 

 

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  ⓒ Aeronautica Militare

 

  ⓒ Aeronautica Militare