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according to my knowledge, work of DRFM will be performed by AWACs. correct me if I m wrong.
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according to my knowledge, work of DRFM will be performed by AWACs. correct me if I m wrong.
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according to my knowledge, work of DRFM will be performed by AWACs. correct me if I m wrong.
What exactly is this DRFM ?
DRFM is Digital Radio frequency Memory.
Its an active measure as part of the aircraft's ECM suite. You basically store the signals coming from the adversary's emitters and then play them back in order to "cloak" yourself under the same signals...to your adversary, it simply looks like there is nothing out there when they try to jam you.
Here is a company that produces DRFM:
http://www.korelectronics.com/asp/Site/Products/DRFM/index.asp
As you can see, US is not the only player in this field. As I mentioned earlier, PAF tabled the issue for now as this capability has an offensive purpose (to be used to blind enemy jamming during operations over their airspace) and was raising some eyebrows in the Congress. Eventually PAF will buy it from the US or third parties.....in any case, this does not impact the F-16s capability in a defensive role.
Its an active measure as part of the aircraft's ECM suite. You basically store the signals coming from the adversary's emitters and then play them back in order to "cloak" yourself under the same signals...to your adversary, it simply looks like there is nothing out there when they try to jam you.
Here is a company that produces DRFM:
http://www.korelectronics.com/asp/Site/Products/DRFM/index.asp
As you can see, US is not the only player in this field. As I mentioned earlier, PAF tabled the issue for now as this capability has an offensive purpose (to be used to blind enemy jamming during operations over their airspace) and was raising some eyebrows in the Congress. Eventually PAF will buy it from the US or third parties.....in any case, this does not impact the F-16s capability in a defensive role.
according to my knowledge, work of DRFM will be performed by AWACs. correct me if I m wrong.
Well it can be, however the AEW&C platform cannot operate deep inside a contested airspace. Thus it makes sense to have this capability on combat aircraft that are undertaking strike missions or going in support of a strike package.
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DRFM will come with f-16 some one from other forum who visited IDEAS confirmed this.
Another report about the F-16 sale going through for Pakistan:
Lockheed gets $144 million deal for Pakistan F-16s
Tue Dec 5, 5:50 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is awarding Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news) a $144.1 million contract for materials that will be used in advanced F-16 fighter aircraft bound for Pakistan, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.
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As part of a potential $5.1 billion package, the United States has agreed to sell Pakistan up to 36 new F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft together with refurbished F-16s. An arms package is also on offer as part of the deal.
Work under the contract being awarded to Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, is to be wrapped up by November 2010, the Pentagon said in its daily contract summary.
Lockheed gets $144 million deal for Pakistan F-16s
Tue Dec 5, 5:50 PM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force is awarding Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT - news) a $144.1 million contract for materials that will be used in advanced F-16 fighter aircraft bound for Pakistan, the U.S. Defense Department said on Tuesday.
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As part of a potential $5.1 billion package, the United States has agreed to sell Pakistan up to 36 new F-16C/D Block 52 aircraft together with refurbished F-16s. An arms package is also on offer as part of the deal.
Work under the contract being awarded to Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed, the Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, is to be wrapped up by November 2010, the Pentagon said in its daily contract summary.
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what kind of material?
means PAF F-16s will not have SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) capablity??
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Here is the Pentagon's report on what blain2 graciously submitted:
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $144,069,000 firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract. The procurement of foreign military sales F-16 C/D new aircraft for the (Pakistan) program for the F-16 Block 52 aircraft. The procurement of 12 operational single place F-16C Block 52 aircraft and 6 operational two place F-16D Block 52 aircraft will be accomplished under the firm-fixed price portion of the contract. This effort supports foreign military sales to Pakistan. At this time, $78,431,000 has been obligated. This work will be complete by November 2010.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $144,069,000 firm-fixed-price and time and materials contract. The procurement of foreign military sales F-16 C/D new aircraft for the (Pakistan) program for the F-16 Block 52 aircraft. The procurement of 12 operational single place F-16C Block 52 aircraft and 6 operational two place F-16D Block 52 aircraft will be accomplished under the firm-fixed price portion of the contract. This effort supports foreign military sales to Pakistan. At this time, $78,431,000 has been obligated. This work will be complete by November 2010.
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Here's some info about the radars on the Block 52s for Pakistan
November 15
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This action provides for government furnished property for the Government of Pakistan for F-16 Block 50/52 new aircraft and modernization program. The procurement of 54 AN/APG-68 (V) 9 Radar Systems will be accomplished under the firm-fixed-price portion of the contract. At this time, $49,750,000 have been obligated. This work will be complete May 2010.
November 15
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Md., is being awarded a $99,500,000 firm-fixed-price contract. This action provides for government furnished property for the Government of Pakistan for F-16 Block 50/52 new aircraft and modernization program. The procurement of 54 AN/APG-68 (V) 9 Radar Systems will be accomplished under the firm-fixed-price portion of the contract. At this time, $49,750,000 have been obligated. This work will be complete May 2010.
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Here's more:
November 17:
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $269,646,834 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action is exercising an option to purchase 500 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) Air Vehicles (AAVs) Air Intercept Missile (AIM) ââ¬â 120C-5 missiles and rehost. This effort supports foreign military sales to Pakistan 100%. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete April 2011.
November 17:
Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $269,646,834 firm-fixed-price contract modification. This action is exercising an option to purchase 500 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) Air Vehicles (AAVs) Air Intercept Missile (AIM) ââ¬â 120C-5 missiles and rehost. This effort supports foreign military sales to Pakistan 100%. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete April 2011.
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I believe someone was asking earlier about when Pakistan will start receiving F-16s. This is what was on F-16.net:
"The Pakistani Daily Times quoted Pakistan Air Chief Air Marshal Rashad Kaleem saying that the US will begin providing the F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan as of December 2008."
http://www.f-16.net/news_article2081.html
"The Pakistani Daily Times quoted Pakistan Air Chief Air Marshal Rashad Kaleem saying that the US will begin providing the F-16 jet fighters to Pakistan as of December 2008."
http://www.f-16.net/news_article2081.html
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I don't know about when the A/Bs might be handed over (the F-16.net report did not say whether the C/Ds or A/Bs would be coming in 2008), but here is some info on the MLU package for Pakistan:
"The Government of Pakistan has requested a possible sale of 60 F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU) modification and Falcon Star Structural Service Life Enhancement kits consisting of:
APG-68(V)9 with Synthetic Aperture Radar or the APG-66(V)2 radar;
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS);
AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe Systems;
AN/ALE-47 Advanced Countermeasures Dispenser Systems;
Have Quick I/II Radios;
Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT);
SNIPER (formerly known as AN/AAQ-33 PANTERA) targeting pod capability;
Reconnaissance pod capability;
Advanced Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Units (for training);
MDE included in the MLU modification and structural upgrade kits;
21 ALQ-131 Block II Electronic Countermeasures Pods without the Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM); or ALQ-184 Electronic Countermeasures Pods without DRFM;
60 ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management Systems;
1 Unit Level Trainer;
10 APG-68(V)9 spare radar sets."
from f-16.net and from the DSCA
Two of the 28 A/B OCUs have been delivered (December 2005); the remaining 26 are yet to be delivered.
I hope that answers your question.
By the way, is the extended tailcone that can be seen on the f-16 models at IDEAS 2006 a housing for ECM equipment or for a brake chute?
"The Government of Pakistan has requested a possible sale of 60 F-16A/B Mid-Life Update (MLU) modification and Falcon Star Structural Service Life Enhancement kits consisting of:
APG-68(V)9 with Synthetic Aperture Radar or the APG-66(V)2 radar;
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems (JHMCS);
AN/APX-113 Advanced Identification Friend or Foe Systems;
AN/ALE-47 Advanced Countermeasures Dispenser Systems;
Have Quick I/II Radios;
Link-16 Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVT);
SNIPER (formerly known as AN/AAQ-33 PANTERA) targeting pod capability;
Reconnaissance pod capability;
Advanced Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation Units (for training);
MDE included in the MLU modification and structural upgrade kits;
21 ALQ-131 Block II Electronic Countermeasures Pods without the Digital Radio Frequency Memory (DRFM); or ALQ-184 Electronic Countermeasures Pods without DRFM;
60 ALQ-213 Electronic Warfare Management Systems;
1 Unit Level Trainer;
10 APG-68(V)9 spare radar sets."
from f-16.net and from the DSCA
Two of the 28 A/B OCUs have been delivered (December 2005); the remaining 26 are yet to be delivered.
I hope that answers your question.
By the way, is the extended tailcone that can be seen on the f-16 models at IDEAS 2006 a housing for ECM equipment or for a brake chute?
Pakistan to get most advanced F16s from US :flag:
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Online): The US government has awarded an initial $78 million as part of a $144 million contract to Lockheed Martin for tasks related to the production of 18 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Pakistan.
"This is another great day for the F-16 programme and for our customer. We remain committed to providing Pakistan with the most technologically advanced and proven fighter available on the international market today," a senior company official said Monday.
"The F-16s we will deliver to Pakistan will join a fleet of over 4,300 aircraft representing more than 24 countries, with 51 follow-on buys by 14 repeat customers, each who have relied on the Fighting Falcon as a key component of their national defence and fighter force structure," said June Shrewsbury, vice president, Lockheed Martin F-16 programmes.
Earlier this year, the governments of Pakistan and the United States signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) agreeing to the purchase of 18 Block 52 F-16s. The LOA provides Pakistan an option for an additional 18 aircraft.
The new aircraft will modernise the existing Pakistan Air Force fleet, bringing a robust and versatile defensive capability to the nationââ¬â¢s military. The final Pakistan F-16 under this contract will be delivered in 2010, a company release said.
"Our company and employees take great pride in producing and sustaining the F-16 for many years to come. We value our longstanding relationship with the government of Pakistan and the confidence they have placed in the F-16 in support of their nationââ¬â¢s security," said Shrewsbury.
Employing about 140,000 people worldwide, Lockheed Martin is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. In 2005, it reported sales of $37.2 billion.
Meanwhile The United States plans to sell Pakistan a new billion dollar arms package, including E-2C Hawkeye 2000 Airborne Early Warning Suite for P-3s and TOW-2A Anti-Armour Guided Missiles.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed Congress of these proposed sales at Pakistanââ¬â¢s request Dec 7 in two separate notifications, claiming these will not affect the basic military balance in the region.
The proposed sales "will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an important force for economic progress in South Asia and a partner in the global war on terrorism", they said.
The total value of proposed refurbishment and modification of three excess P-3 aircraft with the E-2C HAWKEYE 2000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Suite, as well as associated equipment and services could, if all options are exercised, be as high as $855 million.
The total value of 2,769 Radio Frequency (RF) TOW 2A Missiles, 7 RF TOW 2A Fly-to-buy Missiles, 415 RF Bunker Buster Missiles, 7 RF Fly-to-buy Bunker Buster Missiles, upgrade of 121 TOW Basic/TOW-I launchers to fire TOW II configuration for wire-guided and wireless missiles as well as associated equipment and services could, if all options are exercised, reach $185 million.
The command-and-control capabilities of P-3 aircraft with the E-2C HAWKEYE 2000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Suite will improve Pakistanââ¬â¢s ability to restrict the littoral movement of terrorists along Pakistanââ¬â¢s southern border and ensure Pakistanââ¬â¢s overall ability to maintain integrity of its borders.
Pakistan intends to use the proposed equipment to develop an effective air defence network for its naval forces and provide an AEW surveillance and enhanced command, control, and communications capability, the Pentagon said.
The addition of the AEW suites will provide Pakistan with search surveillance, and control capability in support of maritime interdiction operations. These aircraft will also increase Pakistanââ¬â¢s ability to support the US Operation Enduring Freedom operations, and provide anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare capabilities; and a control capability over land against transnational terrorists and narcotics smugglers, the notification said.
The modernisation will enhance the capabilities of the Pakistani Navy and support its regional influence and meet its legitimate self-defence needs. Pakistan will have no difficulty absorbing the AEW platform into its armed forces, it said.
TOW-2A missiles, the notification said, "will contribute to furthering the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping a friendly country provide for its own legitimate self-defence needs and to enable Pakistan to support US operations against terrorist activity along its porous borders".
In addition, these missiles have most recently been employed in several global war on terrorism operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan and have allowed, when coupled with Cobra attack helicopters, the government of Pakistan to employ new tactics, techniques and procedures that have proven highly effective against terrorists.
Pakistan will augment its land forces with these TOW-2A anti-armour guided missiles. It will use these missiles to increase its military defensive posture and will have no difficulty absorbing these additional missiles into its armed forces.
Pakistanââ¬â¢s existing inventory of TOW missiles will soon begin to be affected by its specified shelf life. While TOW missiles can be employed beyond their shelf life, system reliability and safety are eroded. Pakistan continues to expend TOW missiles in both training exercises and combat operations, the Pentagon said.
http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=7501
WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Online): The US government has awarded an initial $78 million as part of a $144 million contract to Lockheed Martin for tasks related to the production of 18 new Advanced Block 52 F-16 aircraft for Pakistan.
"This is another great day for the F-16 programme and for our customer. We remain committed to providing Pakistan with the most technologically advanced and proven fighter available on the international market today," a senior company official said Monday.
"The F-16s we will deliver to Pakistan will join a fleet of over 4,300 aircraft representing more than 24 countries, with 51 follow-on buys by 14 repeat customers, each who have relied on the Fighting Falcon as a key component of their national defence and fighter force structure," said June Shrewsbury, vice president, Lockheed Martin F-16 programmes.
Earlier this year, the governments of Pakistan and the United States signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) agreeing to the purchase of 18 Block 52 F-16s. The LOA provides Pakistan an option for an additional 18 aircraft.
The new aircraft will modernise the existing Pakistan Air Force fleet, bringing a robust and versatile defensive capability to the nationââ¬â¢s military. The final Pakistan F-16 under this contract will be delivered in 2010, a company release said.
"Our company and employees take great pride in producing and sustaining the F-16 for many years to come. We value our longstanding relationship with the government of Pakistan and the confidence they have placed in the F-16 in support of their nationââ¬â¢s security," said Shrewsbury.
Employing about 140,000 people worldwide, Lockheed Martin is principally engaged in the research, design, development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems, products and services. In 2005, it reported sales of $37.2 billion.
Meanwhile The United States plans to sell Pakistan a new billion dollar arms package, including E-2C Hawkeye 2000 Airborne Early Warning Suite for P-3s and TOW-2A Anti-Armour Guided Missiles.
The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) informed Congress of these proposed sales at Pakistanââ¬â¢s request Dec 7 in two separate notifications, claiming these will not affect the basic military balance in the region.
The proposed sales "will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country that has been and continues to be an important force for economic progress in South Asia and a partner in the global war on terrorism", they said.
The total value of proposed refurbishment and modification of three excess P-3 aircraft with the E-2C HAWKEYE 2000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Suite, as well as associated equipment and services could, if all options are exercised, be as high as $855 million.
The total value of 2,769 Radio Frequency (RF) TOW 2A Missiles, 7 RF TOW 2A Fly-to-buy Missiles, 415 RF Bunker Buster Missiles, 7 RF Fly-to-buy Bunker Buster Missiles, upgrade of 121 TOW Basic/TOW-I launchers to fire TOW II configuration for wire-guided and wireless missiles as well as associated equipment and services could, if all options are exercised, reach $185 million.
The command-and-control capabilities of P-3 aircraft with the E-2C HAWKEYE 2000 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) Suite will improve Pakistanââ¬â¢s ability to restrict the littoral movement of terrorists along Pakistanââ¬â¢s southern border and ensure Pakistanââ¬â¢s overall ability to maintain integrity of its borders.
Pakistan intends to use the proposed equipment to develop an effective air defence network for its naval forces and provide an AEW surveillance and enhanced command, control, and communications capability, the Pentagon said.
The addition of the AEW suites will provide Pakistan with search surveillance, and control capability in support of maritime interdiction operations. These aircraft will also increase Pakistanââ¬â¢s ability to support the US Operation Enduring Freedom operations, and provide anti-ship and anti-submarine warfare capabilities; and a control capability over land against transnational terrorists and narcotics smugglers, the notification said.
The modernisation will enhance the capabilities of the Pakistani Navy and support its regional influence and meet its legitimate self-defence needs. Pakistan will have no difficulty absorbing the AEW platform into its armed forces, it said.
TOW-2A missiles, the notification said, "will contribute to furthering the foreign policy and national security of the United States by helping a friendly country provide for its own legitimate self-defence needs and to enable Pakistan to support US operations against terrorist activity along its porous borders".
In addition, these missiles have most recently been employed in several global war on terrorism operations in the tribal areas of Pakistan and have allowed, when coupled with Cobra attack helicopters, the government of Pakistan to employ new tactics, techniques and procedures that have proven highly effective against terrorists.
Pakistan will augment its land forces with these TOW-2A anti-armour guided missiles. It will use these missiles to increase its military defensive posture and will have no difficulty absorbing these additional missiles into its armed forces.
Pakistanââ¬â¢s existing inventory of TOW missiles will soon begin to be affected by its specified shelf life. While TOW missiles can be employed beyond their shelf life, system reliability and safety are eroded. Pakistan continues to expend TOW missiles in both training exercises and combat operations, the Pentagon said.
http://thepakistaninewspaper.com/news_detail.php?id=7501
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