Editor's Foreword

Table 17 selected arms procurements and deliveries, nATO Europe
Designation Type Quantity contract
Value
Eurofighter
(Typhoon)
AV-8B Harrier II FGA
upgrade
Supplier
country
Prime
contractor
FGA 87 _ Int'l Eurofighter
GmbH
4 €11.5m
(US$17.8m)
Order
Date
First
Delivery
Due
notes
non-naTO europe
1994 2004 Tranche 2 ordered 2004 (33 ac).
Tranche 3 order (34 ac) due to be
signed 2009
Dom EADS 2008 2011 Upgrade: To AV-8B Harrier II Plus
standard
A-400M Tpt ac 27 See notes Int'l Airbus 2003 2010 In development. Official unit cost
US$80m. First deliveries delayed
CN-235 S300 MPA ac 2 _ Int'l EADS CASA 2007 2008 For Guardia Civil maritime patrol
duties
AS 532AL
Cougar
Hel 5 €116m
(US$171m)
NH-90 TTH Hel 45 _ Int'l NH
Industries
AS-665 Tiger
(HAD)
Turkey (TUr)
Gokturk (recce
& surv sat)
Int'l Eurocopter 2008 _ 3 for army air wing. 2 for Emergencies
Military Unit
2007 2010 _
Hel 24 €1.4bn FRA Eurocopter 2003 2007 First 3 hel delivered May 2007, second
3 by 2008. Final delivery due 2011
Sat 1 € 270m
(US$380m)
ITA Telespazio 2009 _ Thales Alenia Space responsible for
Sat. Dom companies involved in
design and development stage &
supply of subsystems
M60 A1/ Sabra MBT 170 US$688m ISR IMI 2002 2006 Final deliveries due 2010
Mk III
Upgrade
Altay MBT 250 See notes Dom/ROK Otokar 2007 _ 4 initial prototypes by 2014 for approx
US$500m. To be followed by an order
for 250 units following testing
Firtina How _ _ ROK/ Dom Samsung 2001 2003 ROK Techwin K9 Thunder. Total
155mm/52-cal
requirement of 300. Deliveries
ongoing
U-214 SSK 6 US$3.5bn GER HDW, TKMS
and MFI
2009 2015 To be built at Golcuk shipyard
Ada-class FSG 8 _ Dom Istanbul
Naval
Shipyard
Coast Guard
SAR project
205
1996 2011 First of class, TCG Heybeliada launched
2008, ISD 2011. Part of Milgem project
which incl requirement for 4 F-100
class FFG
PC/SAR 4 €352.5m Dom RMK Marine 2007 2011 Based on Sirio-class PCO design. For
Coast Guard. Final delivery due 2011
56m PB PB 16 €402m
(US$545m)
F-16C/D Block
50
F-16C/D FGA
Upgrade
FGA 30 US$1.78bn US/Dom Lockheed
Martin
216 US$635m US Lockheed
Martin/ TAI
Dom Dearsan 2007 2010 Final delivery due 2015
2009 2011 14 F-16C and 16 F-16D variants. Final
assembly in TUR. Final delivery due
2014
2006 _ Upgrade. 216 modernisation kits,
flight testing, training, technical spt
and sustainment activities
A-400M Tpt ac 10 See notes Int'l Airbus 2003 2012 In development. Official unit cost
US$80m. First deliveries delayed
B-737 AEW&C 4 US$1bn US Boeing 2002 2009 Peace Eagle programme. Option for
further 2. Delivery delayed
ATR-72 MPA 10 US$210m ITA Alenia
Aeronautica
KT-1 Woong-
Bee
Trg ac 40 US$500m Dom /
ROK
2005 2010 First five deliveries by 2010. Final
delivery due 2012
KAI / TAI 2007 2009 To replace T-37 trg ac. Option for 15
further ac
S-70B Seahawk Hel 17 _ US Sikorsky 2006 2009 Delivery status unclear
europe
(non-naTO)