Release No: CR-091-17
May 11, 2017
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $488,076,762 modification (P00007) to foreign military sales (United Kingdom) contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the remanufacture of 38 AH-64 Apache aircraft,
and to procure three Longbow crew trainers and associated spares.
Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2024.
Fiscal 2010 other funds in the amount of $488,076,762 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Does this mean the current fleet will be remanufactured or will these be additions to/replacements of the existing fleet?Stratofreighter wrote:https://www.defense.gov/News/Contracts/ ... e/1180256/
Release No: CR-091-17
May 11, 2017
The Boeing Co., Mesa, Arizona, was awarded a $488,076,762 modification (P00007) to foreign military sales (United Kingdom) contract W58RGZ-16-C-0023 for the remanufacture of 38 AH-64 Apache aircraft,
and to procure three Longbow crew trainers and associated spares.
Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of May 31, 2024.
Fiscal 2010 other funds in the amount of $488,076,762 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Does this mean the current fleet will be remanufactured or will these be additions to/replacements of the existing fleet?[/quote]
Just read the text ......
Just read the text ......
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Thirty-eight Apaches is less than I thought....
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/201 ... -leonardo/
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/201 ... -leonardo/
30 January 2017 • 3:09pm
Norman Bone, the boss of Leonardo MW, the recently relaunched company which incorporates the former Agusta-Westland business,
has attempted to play down fears about the future of the company’s helicopter manufacturing plant in Yeovil, Somerset,
saying the UK will continue to build military helicopters for decades to come.
Worries about the plant’s future emerged after a £2bn contract for 50 new Apache helicopters
was awarded to Boeing last summer,
despite the UK’s current fleet of Apaches having been constructed at Yeovil.
With no major orders on the horizon,
the future of military helicopter production in the UK was questioned by military observers and formed the subject of a Westminster debate last week.
However, Mr Bone, the new managing director and chairman of UK operations at the Italian-owned business, said he had no fears about producing military helicopters for the British Armed Forces.
Fears were heightened in October,
when it emerged that work on Wildcat helicopters previously done by British aerospace company GKN under contract at the Yeovil plant was being brought in-house by Leonardo.
Almost 250 staff at GKN were made redundant as a result.
Mr Bone acknowledged it was the “logical” decision to buy new Apaches from Boeing because it was cheaper as they were tacked on to a massive order for the US Army.
However, he said the UK government needed to consider the wider economic impact when selecting future purchases of helicopters, and “balance” this against cost.
This point could prove difficult in next few months for Leonardo.
When GKN lost its contract last year, insiders claimed that the work could be sent to Italy to maintain jobs in the parent company’s home nation.
Mr Bone said it is not yet known whether the work will be done in the UK or elsewhere, and the decision will be made by the summer.
A sticking point for moving the work could prove to be the MoD owning the equipment the parts are built on, and defence chiefs would have to give their approval for it to go abroad.
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Just read the text ......[/quote]henkpm wrote:Does this mean the current fleet will be remanufactured or will these be additions to/replacements of the existing fleet?
I did, but I obviously interpret it differently...
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Bennie
I - like you - am confused. Does this mean 50 new builds + 38 rebuilds?
It was a simple question - don't see why henkpm has to be ... well before i get in trouble i'll stop there
I - like you - am confused. Does this mean 50 new builds + 38 rebuilds?
It was a simple question - don't see why henkpm has to be ... well before i get in trouble i'll stop there
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Re: Contract: 38 British AH64 Apached to be remanufactured
Knowing the British government it means 38 re-builds and no new builds, and even this number could be reduced if recent defence contracts are anything to go by.
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