Helicópteros de combate

[Lepanto]

El 18 de mayo, el Ministerio de Defensa británico emitió una muy esperada Solicitud de Información (RFI) para el contrato New Medium Helicopter (NMH) para suministrar de hasta 44 NMH para reemplazar los sistemas de helicópteros existentes en las FAS.

Esta planeado para el reemplazo principalmente de aparatos de la RAF como el Puma HC2, los Griffin HAR2, los Bell 212 del Army Air Corps en Brunei y los AAC AS365N3 Dauphins operados en apoyo de las Fuerzas Especiales. La fecha límite para la respuesta es el 20 de junio de 2022.

El acuerdo planificado tendrá un valor de entre 900 y 1.000 millones de libras esterlinas, con una duración del contrato de siete años, pero se determinará con más precisión más adelante según el cronograma de producción acordado que reflejará la capacidad del proveedor para completar la entrega de aeronaves y una fase de soporte inicial.

[pagano]

AIRBUS define el calendario industrial del tigretón MK III http://galaxiamilitar.es/airbus-helicop ... ger-mkiii/

[Orel]

UK launches New Medium Helicopter procurement
19 May 2022
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 13.article

[dejece]

UK launches New Medium Helicopter procurement
19 May 2022
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 13.article

¿H-160M,bajo licencia?

[Lepanto]

Airbus tiene la intención de ofrecer el H175M y Leonardo el AW149, ambos para ser montados en el Reino Unido. Lockheed-Sikorsky dice que lanzará el S-70M Black Hawk de fabricación polaca, con un grado de personalización nacional, mientras que AceHawk Aerospace, se ofrece con el ML-70, un UH-60M Black Hawk mejorado. Queda por saber si Bell o Boeing se presentan. De entrada ruso o chino, descartado.

[champi]

Contrato para el desarrollo de una versión de exportación del CH-53K para Israel (19/5/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3038069/

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $23,785,233 undefinitized firm-fixed-price order (N0001922F2233) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001919G0029). This order provides non-recurring engineering in support of the development of an exportable variant to the Marine Corps baseline CH-53K aircraft for the government of Israel. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut (85%); various locations within the continental U.S. (14.4%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (0.6%), and is expected to be completed in October 2023. Foreign Military Sales funds in the amount of $11,431,029 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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[champi]

La DSCA anuncia una posible venta de Chinook para Egipto: https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major- ... elicopters

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WASHINGTON, May 26, 2022 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Egypt of CH-47F Chinook Helicopters and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.6 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale today.

The Government of Egypt has requested to buy twenty-three (23) CH-47F Chinook helicopters; fifty-six (56) T-55-GA-714A engines (46 installed, 10 spares); fifty-two (52) Embedded Global Positioning System (GPS) Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) (EGI) (46 installed, 6 spares); twenty-nine (29) AN/AAR-57 Common Missile Warning Systems (CMWS) (23 installed, 6 spares); and seventy-five (75) M-240 machine guns (69 installed, 6 spares). Also included is Common Missile Warning System (CMWS) classified software; AN/APR-39 Radar Warning Receivers (RWR); AN/AVR-2B Laser Detecting Sets (LDS); High Frequency (HF) radios; Aircraft Survivability Equipment (ASE) (including 25.4mm decoy cartridges, impulse cartridges for cable cutters and aircraft cartridges); AN/ARN-147 Very High Frequency (VHF) Omni Directional Radio Range/Instrument Landing System (VOR/ILS) receivers; AN/ARN-153 Tactical Airborne Navigation System (TACAN) radios; AN/APN-209 radar altimeters, AN/AVS-6 Night Vision Devices (NVD); 7.62mm ammunition; items and services to support the mission equipment; hardware and services required to implement additional aircraft options such as: rescue hoists; external cargo slings and nets; Bambi fire buckets; Fast Rope Insertion Extraction Systems (FRIES); Cargo On/Off Loading Systems (COOLS); Extended Range Fuel Systems (ERFS); upgrade to the maintenance hangar and additional parking pads; special tools and test equipment; ground support equipment; airframe and engine spare parts; technical data; publications; Maintenance Work Orders/Engineering Change Proposals (MWO/ECPs); technical assistance; transportation; training; and other related elements of logistics and program support. The total estimated program cost is $2.6 billion.
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[Orel]

Rep. Checa dona helicópteros de ataque a Ucrania:
https://twitter.com/alert5/status/15292 ... r8jbkqAAAA
https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopter ... 70.article

Egipto recibe autorización de EEUU para comprar hasta 23 CH-47F:
https://twitter.com/alert5/status/15299 ... bwzbsqAAAA

Y aunque no es helo, pero por seguir con Egipto: Egyptian Su-35s at KnAAPO:
https://twitter.com/alert5/status/15299 ... KgzLsqAAAA

[Bizcocho]

¿Al final se quedan con los Sukos ?

[champi]

Parece que EEUU va a adquirir unos 12 depósitos externos anuales durante cinco años para los CH-53K: https://sam.gov/opp/3fd47a541cc944c093c ... 8d3c4/view

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Description
FIN-TANK AND PYLON / EAN, HELICOPTER, CH-53

NSN: 1560-01-174-1913, IQC PR: 1000146203, ITEM: FIN-TANK AND PYLON

THIS PART IS MANUFACTURED BY THE FOLLOWING SOURCE:

INTEGRAL AEROSPACE (CAGE 4N727) P/N 310E019-1

NSN 1560-01-174-1913; PR 1000146203; ITEM: FIN-TANK AND PYLON; INTEGRAL AEROSPACE (CAGE 4N727) P/N 310E019-1 T

THE SOLICITATION WILL BE ISSUED AS AN UNRESTRICTED PROCUREMENT (OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION). THIS PROCUREMENT IS FOR AN INDEFINITE QUANTITY CONTRACT (IQC) FOR A BASE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS WITH ZERO (0) OPTIONS. THE ESTIMATED ANNUAL QUANTITY IS 12 EACH. DELIVERY WILL BE 200 DAYS AFTER DATE OF ORDER. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE WILL TAKE PLACE AT ORIGIN. FOB IS AT ORIGIN.
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También del CH-53K, un completo pdf (33 pág.) con una presentación para Alemania: https://www.behoerden-spiegel.de/wp-con ... korsky.pdf

[Orel]

Airbus launches Spike ER2 integration for H145M
https://twitter.com/JanesINTEL/status/1 ... TP8sEqAAAA

El Gobierno canadiense ha adjudicado un contrato a Bell Textron Canada Limited (BTCL) para la ampliación de la vida útil de la flota de 85 helicópteros CH-146 Griffon de la Real Fuerza Aérea Canadiense (RCAF). El valor estimado del contrato es de aproximadamente 631,04 millones de dólares (800 millones de dólares canadienses). Se espera que los trabajos finalicen en 2028. El contrato requiere que amplíe la vida útil hasta al menos mediados de la década de 2030.
https://galaxiamilitar.es/btcl-consigue ... 6-de-rcaf/

[champi]

Continúan los contratos para el CH-53K (31/5/2022): https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/3048409/

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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded an $185,694,050 fixed-price incentive firm modification P00010 to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0047). This modification adds scope to procurement and delivery of two unfunded priority list CH-53K Heavy Lift Aircraft under low rate initial production Lot six. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut (37.57%); Wichita, Kansas (9.56%); Salt Lake City, Utah (5.6%); St. Louis, Missouri (4.36%); Bridgeport, West Virginia (3.11%); Redmond, Washington (1.99%); Kent, Washington (1.67%); Quebec, Canada (1.63%); Cudahy, Wisconsin (1.42%); Rochester, United Kingdom (1.29%); Fort Walton Beach, Florida (1.19%); Rome, New York (1.12%); Saint Marcel, France (1.04%); Jupiter, Florida (1.03%); various locations within the continental U.S. (26.36%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (1.06%), and is expected to be completed in December 2025. Fiscal 2022 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $185,694,050 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
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[Lazarus]

No se si se habia puesto ya por aqui, pero Alemania confirma que cambiara sus CH-53K por 60 CH-47F

https://www.infodefensa.com/texto-diari ... 7f-chinook