$5.1B Proposed in Sales, Upgrades, Weapons for Pakistan’s F-16s
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On June 28/06, the US DSCA notified Congress via a series of releases of its intention to provide Pakistan with a $5.1 billion Foreign Military Sales package to upgrade the F-16s that serve as the PAF’s top of the line fighters. Some of these items had been put on hold following the October 2005 earthquake in Pakistan & Kashmir, but the request for 36 new F-16 Block 50/52s is now going ahead following the required 30-day review period, along with new weapons, engine modifications, 60 F-16 upgrade kits that would cover Pakistan’s older F-16 A/Bs plus other aircraft it might buy second-hand, and related equipment.
These items are detailed below, along with controversies the proposed sales have created, and some of the conditions attached to the sale by the US government. By the end of July 2008, Pakistan was expected to have its first 10 planes. The first new-build F-16, on the other hand, just had its acceptance ceremony this month…
- Item 1: 36 New F-16 Block 50/52s – $3 billion
- Item 2: Weapons for the New F-16s – $650 Million
- Item 3: F-16A/B Mid-Life Update Modification Kits – $1.3 billion
- Item 4: F-16A/B Engine Modifications & UP/STAR – $151 Million
- Deal Updates and Progress [updated]
- Potential Controversies (July 5, 2006)
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- Item-by-item breakdown of the deal for the fighters, weapons systems, engines and mid-life update kits
- Discussion of enhancements to the F-16s including upgraded Pratt & Whitney F100-PW-229 engines APG-68(V)9 radars, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation Systems, Advanced Integrated Defensive Electronic Warfare (ALQ-211 AIDEW) and more
- Analysis of the regional balance of power, and ongoing reactions to the program within the region and in the USA
- Tracking of contracts awarded to Raytheon Missile Systems, Lockheed Martin, ITT Avionics, Northrop Grumman, BAE, and others
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