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UAE Orders $752M Worth of HIMARS Launchers & Rockets
Posted 26-Sep-2006 10:03
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Sept. 21, 2006 of a possible sale to the United Arab Emirates of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $752 million.
The principal contractors will be Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control at Dallas, TX (rockets) and Stewart & Stevenson at Sealy, TX (truck platform). The purchaser has requested offsets, and agreements will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and contractor. Items requested include both the weapons platform and a variety of rockets and missiles, including:
* 20 HIMARS Launchers, mounted on
* 20 M1084A1 Family of Medium Truck Vehicles (FMTV);
* 3 "M108A1 Wreckers"; DID believes they mean the M1089, an FMTV truck variant with towing and winching capability that can get a HIMARS vehicle out of trouble in case of treacherous sand, mud, making close friends with the local roadside ditch, etc.
* 104 M26 MLRS Rocket Pods; the Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) bomblets inside gave the MLRS its nickname of "steel rain" in Iraq. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 30 km.
* 130 M30 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) pods, whose rockets add GPS guidance. The DSCA release notes that these will contain DPICM warheads; each rocket can hold 404 of them. See DID article re: the M30/M31 GPS-guided rockets. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 60-70 km.
* 130 M31 Unitary High Explosive GMLRS Pods - these have been used in the current Iraq war, where their sudden strike and GPS-guided ability to hit buildings and other hardened structures with their 196 pound single warhead have proven very useful. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 60-70 km.
* 101 M39A1 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block 1A Anti-Personnel-Anti-Material Rocket Pods. These missiles have a 300 km range, and pack 300 M74 submunitions that explode to cover a wide area with fragmentation and armor-piercing bomblets. Each pod carries 1 missile.
* 101 M39A1 ATACMS Block 1A Unitary Rocket Pods; this variant packs a single 500 pound explosive warhead; if you want to take down a building in a few minutes from 150 miles away, this is the weapon you want. Each pod carries 1 missile.
* 60 Multiple Launcher Rocket Systems (MLRS) Practice Rocket Pods.
Implementation of this sale will require the assignment of a U.S. Government Quality Assurance Team of up to 5 contractor representatives to the UAE for two weeks to assist in the delivery and deployment of the HIRMARS and sequential deliveries. There will be a 3-person Technical Assistance Fielding Team in the UAE for training mission support for up to two years. A U.S. Government representative will remain in country for a minimum of two years in order to assist in the security assistance aspects of the mission.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...th-of-himars-launchers-rockets/index.php#more
Posted 26-Sep-2006 10:03
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress on Sept. 21, 2006 of a possible sale to the United Arab Emirates of High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $752 million.
The principal contractors will be Lockheed Martin Missile and Fire Control at Dallas, TX (rockets) and Stewart & Stevenson at Sealy, TX (truck platform). The purchaser has requested offsets, and agreements will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and contractor. Items requested include both the weapons platform and a variety of rockets and missiles, including:
* 20 HIMARS Launchers, mounted on
* 20 M1084A1 Family of Medium Truck Vehicles (FMTV);
* 3 "M108A1 Wreckers"; DID believes they mean the M1089, an FMTV truck variant with towing and winching capability that can get a HIMARS vehicle out of trouble in case of treacherous sand, mud, making close friends with the local roadside ditch, etc.
* 104 M26 MLRS Rocket Pods; the Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions (DPICM) bomblets inside gave the MLRS its nickname of "steel rain" in Iraq. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 30 km.
* 130 M30 Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) pods, whose rockets add GPS guidance. The DSCA release notes that these will contain DPICM warheads; each rocket can hold 404 of them. See DID article re: the M30/M31 GPS-guided rockets. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 60-70 km.
* 130 M31 Unitary High Explosive GMLRS Pods - these have been used in the current Iraq war, where their sudden strike and GPS-guided ability to hit buildings and other hardened structures with their 196 pound single warhead have proven very useful. Each 6-rocket pod carries 227mm rockets with a range of about 60-70 km.
* 101 M39A1 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) Block 1A Anti-Personnel-Anti-Material Rocket Pods. These missiles have a 300 km range, and pack 300 M74 submunitions that explode to cover a wide area with fragmentation and armor-piercing bomblets. Each pod carries 1 missile.
* 101 M39A1 ATACMS Block 1A Unitary Rocket Pods; this variant packs a single 500 pound explosive warhead; if you want to take down a building in a few minutes from 150 miles away, this is the weapon you want. Each pod carries 1 missile.
* 60 Multiple Launcher Rocket Systems (MLRS) Practice Rocket Pods.
Implementation of this sale will require the assignment of a U.S. Government Quality Assurance Team of up to 5 contractor representatives to the UAE for two weeks to assist in the delivery and deployment of the HIRMARS and sequential deliveries. There will be a 3-person Technical Assistance Fielding Team in the UAE for training mission support for up to two years. A U.S. Government representative will remain in country for a minimum of two years in order to assist in the security assistance aspects of the mission.
http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...th-of-himars-launchers-rockets/index.php#more
