12 billion for only 36 F-15s?
Qatar also has Rafales on order, pretty impressive air force for a tiny country.
$12 billion for how many just 21 F-15?!
US is openly exploiting the f*ck outa Arabs by overcharging them by the multiples of 700%!!!!!!
I just can not be believe that this is happening so openly. Arabs, your leadership has literally sold you out in world market
Shameful
F-15 series aircraft (SA and SE) are huge and versatile - ideal for long-range operations in a few sorties. It is not logical to compare cost of an F-15 series aircraft with those of MMRCA because F-15 series aircraft pack superior mobility, range and payload capacity than any MMRCA in service, making them cost-effective and practical for combat operations in the long-term. And a package like that typically includes armaments and other stuff.
F-15 series aircraft capabilities at a glance:-
- Max speed: 2.5 Mach
- Max ceiling: 70,000 feet (21,336 m)
- Max unfueled range: 2,600 nautical miles
- Max takeoff weight: 81,000 pounds (36,741 kilograms)
- Max weapons load: 29,500 pounds (13,381 kilograms)
- Max load factor: 9.0 G’s
- Combat radius: 1,000 nautical miles (including 20-minute loiter)
Source:
http://www.boeing.com/defense/f-15-eagle/
Show me an MMRCA that comes close to that.
Those states know what they are doing.
u.s will not side with anyone they are selling their obsolete technology to Arabs for economic gains and actually they are enemy of both qatar and saudi Arabia
Oh please.
F-15 series is far from being obsolete in current times; it is continuously evolving with the latest
Silent Eagle model having stealthy design and approved for export. These are very large and practical birds for combat operations with no substitute in the markets at present. And contrary to popular belief, latest variants of F-15 are absolutely state-of-the-art birds.
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The F-15SA is also equipped with Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAS-42 infrared search and track system. And all of that information from the radar, infrared search and track and the electronic warfare system are fused together—similar to the F-22 and F-35—into a coherent picture. That picture is displayed on large-format color displays that are similar to those found on the F-35—in both the front and rear cockpits. Both aviators are equipped with the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System. Taken together, the F-15SA is an extremely formidable multirole fighter—possibly the single best fourth generation fighter the United States has ever produced.
When the Boeing F-15A first flew in July 1972, the Eagle was the ultimate air superiority fighter. Fast, high-flying, agile and built around a massive APG-63 pulse-doppler radar, the Soviet Union had nothing that could match it. Overtime, McDonnell Douglas—the F-15’s original manufacturer before its merger with Boeing—adapted the airframe into a potent multirole fighter that eventually became the F-15E Strike Eagle. While both the air superiority oriented F-15C and the strike-oriented F-15E will remain in service with the U.S. Air Force for decades to come, by far the most advanced current version of the Eagle has been ordered by Saudi Arabia. But will that be enough compete with Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighter?
Saudi Arabia has ordered some 84 new-build F-15SAs and 70 upgrade kits [3] to retrofit their existing Strike Eagles to the new standard. When the massive $29.5 billion contract was signed December 2011, it was the largest foreign military sale in the history of the United States. In the ensuing years, Boeing has developed and tested the upgraded jets, which are powered by General Electric F110 engines rather than Pratt & Whitney F100s. The company is finally starting to get ready to deliver the aircraft. The first of the new jets rolled out of the Boeing plant in Saint Louis, Mo., earlier this earlier in April [4].
Perhaps the single most significant upgrade found in the F-15SA package is a fly-by-wire flight control system [5]—previous versions of the Eagle used a hybrid computer augmented stability system. The addition of the fly-by-wire system allowed Boeing to reactivate the F-15’s two dormant outboard wing hardpoints that had always been present, but never used. The problem previously had been stability differences induced by carrying weapons on stations one and nine.
Additionally, the F-15SA is equipped with the advanced APG-63 v.3 [6] active electronically scanned array (AESA)—though, potentially, future customers might order the more capable APG-82 [7] that is being retrofitted to U.S. Air Force’s own Strike Eagles. The F-15SA is also equipped with BAE’s advanced Digital Electronic Warfare System (DEWS), [8] which has digital radio-frequency memory jamming capability.
The new digital system looks across an entire frequency band continuously [9] rather than scanning through a frequency band—which means that even low probability of intercept (LPI) signals might be detected (radars on stealth fighters like the F-22 and F-35 use LPI techniques to try mask their emissions for electronic support measures suites). Further, its interferometric antennas can generate far more accurate bearing measurements than the current system.
The DEWS’ performance is probably comparable to the F-22’s or F-35’s electronic support measures suites since it is based on those systems. It’s head and shoulders better than anything currently fielded by the U.S. Air Force’s own Strike Eagles. U.S. Air Force jets won’t have anything comparable until the Eagle Passive/Active Warning and Survivability System (EPAWSS) is fielded.
The F-15SA is also equipped with Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAS-42 [10] infrared search and track system. And all of that information from the radar, infrared search and track and the electronic warfare system are fused together—similar to the F-22 and F-35—into a coherent picture. That picture is displayed on large-format color displays that are similar to those found on the F-35—in both the front and rear cockpits. Both aviators are equipped with the Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System. [11] Taken together, the F-15SA is an extremely formidable multirole fighter—possibly the single best fourth generation fighter the United States has ever produced.
Source:
http://nationalinterest.org/print/b...f-15-kill-f-35-stealth-fighter-dogfight-21149
For more information:
http://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-americas-enemies-still-fear-the-f-15-eagle-16897
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/th...stealth-raptor-the-ultimate-combination-20033
http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/boeing-f15se-silent-eagle/
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1. 5th generation aircraft (as per American standards) are no where close to mass-scale deployment anywhere in the world. They are very expensive to procure in large numbers on top.
2. The only 5th generation substitute for an F-15 series aircraft is F-22 Raptor and US will not sell it.
3. F-15 series aircraft retain a number of functions that are only found in 5th generation aircraft. F-15
Silent Eagle model has stealthy characteristics as well and is bordering 5th generation in design.
F-15 Silent Eagle model real footage:
Man, what a beautiful bird it is.
Humain da dain 12 billion ap ko 6th generation fighter jet bana ke dain gay.
Itna main to aik air craft crarrier a gaya ga , pakistan ko lai dain , pakistan can install nuclear weapons on it and place it in middle east to protect qatar and saudia from iran.
Indeed.
Lagta hay kay aap nei feasibility report bana rakhee hai. Aap factory kaab open kar rahe hain?