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Egypt producing FA-50 and UAE and Korea producing the MC-X is good news.
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MC-X may be able to be converted to tanker in the future and Egypt can buy it. Egypt desperately needs tankers.
We will explain why choosing the MC-X was a bad choice due to financial criteria and technical risks
Technology source: - Korea, negotiations with the Brazilian company Embraer to transfer the technologies of the C-390 Millennium
To produce the Korean version of it, the Koreans transferred technology from the Russians in air defense systems and marketed it internationally, and armored vehicles from Russia and America, and produced their own copies.
So it is best for Egypt to cooperate with Brazil, as it is more generous in the field of technology than the Koreans, and Egypt’s production of the C-390NG version, with some design updates on the plane, will also be less expensive than the Korean&UAE project, because it is simply a development cost that will be higher, and even the Uae participation targets profits for the Emirates, and Qatar can be used in the Egyptian project As a competitor to the Emirates, which also wants to compete with it in the international arms trade
Why is the Brazilian option better than the Korean one?
1 - The risks are less in the upgrade process, as the process of updating the design of the aircraft will be fast, as the Brazilians have the advantage of speedy completion of development in the field of armored vehicles and aircraft
2 - Long Brazilian experience in the aircraft industry
3 - The ease of the process of developing the C-390 aircraft. The matter is related to the modernization of the IAE V2500-E5 turbofan engine, subject to development programs, including a reduction in fuel consumption by 5%, a reduction in the weight of the engine by 10%, as well as an increase in the propulsion capacity by 7%, which are not difficult indicators for an engine that has not been developed 12 years ago. years, or go to a newer engine that is used in Egyptian Airbus planes to increase economic feasibility
4 - Improvements in the structure of the aircraft by integrating the latest technologies in the field of the structure of the aircraft to further reduce the weight and to increase the payload and the dimensions of the cargo that can be transported, thus reaching a net payload of 30 tons for a distance of 3300 km or 6000 km for a payload of 20 tons.
The same thing, newer Avionic means less weight
5 - The cost of development for the new Brazilian version will not exceed 300 million dollars, while the South Korean development program for the MC-X aircraft is 3.2 billion dollars. The Brazilian program did not fully cost 600 million dollars.
6 - The speed of production and the speed of entry into service, especially since the Egyptian C-130H is outdated
Of course, we all hope that America will not return to presenting the old C-130J aircraft, which uses outdated technologies, and even refuse to buy remnants of the British Air Force of this type. Countries are developing not by buying old weapons, but by local manufacturing and offset economics. Making fun of our opinions and not taking them into account has led to disasters now
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