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This could lead the Saudi's to replace there Tornado's with F-35

Tempest414 wrote:This could lead the Saudi's to replace there Tornado's with F-35

And/or press them into ordering more Typhoons?

dmereifield wrote:more Typhoons?

The CoE for maintaining the Typhoons in the region is in the KSA;
for the F-35s it will be in................. Israel

dmereifield wrote:

Tempest414 wrote:This could lead the Saudi's to replace there Tornado's with F-35

And/or press them into ordering more Typhoons?

The main sticking point there (unless I've missed something) remains a certain Angela Merkel..

The sale of F-35s has been temporarily paused pending a review by the new US administration.

Oops, but they do have (or are getting) the ballistic missile defences.

Anyone noticed that the UAE has a new colony; Socotra?
- in the bigger picture, a rather good thing
- all kinds of people have been around. kicking the tires, after the Soviets left

Phil Sayers wrote:The sale of F-35s has been temporarily paused pending a review by the new US administration.

Jerusalem Post article: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/bid ... uae-656934

Likely just a bit of theatrics by the new administration to try and detoxify the Trump branded elements of the Abraham accords and the related F-35 agreement.

Can't see any advantage for the US in cancelling the order. Remember how far Turkey had to go to become persona-non-grata. The UAE looks like New Zealand in contrast.

The 'Pivot' is not dead:
"allows the UAE to maintain a strong deterrent to aggression," the ambassador tweeted. "In parallel with new dialogue and security cooperation, it helps to reassure regional partners. It also enables the UAE to take on more of the regional burden for collective security, freeing US assets for other global challenges, a long-time bipartisan US priority."

https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-rel ... -globaleye

Completing three deliveries of a solution as advanced as GlobalEye in less than a year proves Saab’s solid expertise as a provider of high-technology solutions and our focus on meeting our commitments, especially given the current circumstances. By handling the entire process, including sensor development and integration, we are uniquely in control of every critical part of this complex programme”, says Micael Johansson, President and CEO of Saab.

https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news ... feast-eyes

Saab developed the GlobalEye based on its 30 years’ experience of airborne early warning (AEW) radar development. Based on the Bombardier Global 6000 airframe, the system carries an Erieye ER S-band electronically scanned array radar in an eight-meter fairing carried above the spine. S-band radars offer the advantages of an extremely narrow beam and low sidelobes, reducing the radar’s susceptibility to jamming.

The Erieye ER is accompanied by an under-fuselage surface search radar and electro-optic/infrared sensor turret, along with IFF, ADS-B In, and the maritime automatic identification system. Data from all sensors and from offboard sources is fused in the central C4I system, providing a powerful and versatile multi-domain surveillance system.

In the AEW role, the GlobalEye has an instrumented range of more than 300 nm and can track difficult-to-detect targets ranging from hypersonic missiles to low- and slow-flying UAVs and hovering helicopters. Overwater detection reaches at least 80 nm against small targets such as jet skis and submarine periscopes, while the system offers wide-area ground moving target indication capability against objects as small as 4x4 vehicles.

Operators benefit from an intuitive human-machine interface through which they can apply various filters to the overall air/maritime picture. The system features a number of advanced features, such as the ability to portray on a map-based display the terrain “shadows” where radar coverage cannot reach and in which maritime objects of interest might be hidden.