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With so much invested in the Mi17 platform it is very difficult to switch platforms because of a couple of unfortunate accidents.
With Russian relations getting better, any chance of increasing the fleet size so that the average number of hours flown per unit is reduced?
No mentioned anywhere that Pakistan selected AH-1Z super cobra. Secondly the contract is about "Update of Pakistan navy fleet system" which system in Pakistan Navy belongs to BELL by the way ?
The US Department of Defense today has awarded a US $85 million contract to Bell Textron Inc to develop weapon systems to support US, Pakistani government helicopter fleet and US Navy.
The new contract is an update to a $925 million contract to supply fleet of attack helicopters and hellfire missiles awarded to Boeing, Bell, General Electric and Lockheed Martin in April this year.
According to the previous contract, Pakistan will receive 15 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters, 1000 AGM-114 R Hellfire II missiles in containers, 32 T-700 GE 401C engines (30 installed and 2 spares) and 17 AN/AAQ-30 Target sight systems.
The package also includes 30 629F-23 ultra-high frequency/very high frequency communication systems, 19 H-764 embedded global positioning system/inertial navigation systems, 32 helmet mounted display/optimized top owl, 17 APX-117A identification friend or foe, 17 AN/AAR-47 missile warning systems, 17 AN/ALE-47 countermeasure dispenser sets, 18 AN/APR-39C(V)2 radar warning receivers, 15 joint mission planning systems, and 17 M197 20mm gun systems.
This is basically the Longbow Hellfire Radar fitted on a Cobra.
This is not part of the package.
The AH-1Z Viper can still operate with a Longbow radar installed at the tip of one of his hangers arms (wing).This radar can detect, classify and prioritize multiple fixed and mobile targets, and the power to mobile targets is 8 km and static targets is 4 km.
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No mentioned anywhere that Pakistan selected AH-1Z super cobra. Secondly the contract is about "Update of Pakistan navy fleet system" which system in Pakistan Navy belongs to BELL by the way ?