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Table 17 selected arms procurements and deliveries, nATO Europe<br />

Designation Type Quantity contract<br />

Value<br />

F 35B Joint<br />

Strike Fighter<br />

(STOVL)<br />

Eurofighter<br />

(Typhoon)<br />

Supplier<br />

country<br />

Prime<br />

contractor<br />

FGA 3 US$600m US Lockheed<br />

Martin<br />

FGA 232 _ Int'l Eurofighter<br />

GmbH<br />

Order<br />

Date<br />

First<br />

Delivery<br />

Due<br />

notes<br />

non-naTO europe<br />

207<br />

2009 _ In development. Contractual<br />

commitment to purchase 3 STOVL ac.<br />

Requirement for 138 F35A and F35B<br />

variants<br />

1984 2003 Tranche 3 order (88 ac) signed 2009.<br />

Orders likely to be reduced around<br />

160<br />

A-400M Tpt ac 25 See notes Int’l Airbus 2003 2010 In development. Official unit cost<br />

US$80m. First deliveries delayed<br />

A330-200 Tpt/Tkr ac 14 UK£13bn<br />

(US$26 bn)<br />

Int'l AirTanker<br />

consortium<br />

2008 2011 First ac arrived at Getafe facility July<br />

2009 for avionics and aerial refuelling<br />

fitting. Due Oct 2011<br />

Hawk Mk 128/ Trg ac<br />

T.2<br />

28 UK£450m Dom BAE 2006 2008 First delivery July 2009<br />

Nimrod MRA4 MPA 12 UK£2.8bn Dom BAE 1996 2009 Cost now forecast to be UK£3.5bn,<br />

though production contract worth<br />

UK£1.1bn for 12 ac. Delayed by 80<br />

months<br />

Future Lynx/<br />

AW159 Lynx<br />

Wildcat<br />

Hel 62 UK£1bn<br />

(US$1.8bn)<br />

Chinook HC.3 Spt hel 8 GBP62m<br />

(US$124m)<br />

ITA / UK Agusta<br />

Westland<br />

2006 2014 34 for Army, 28 for Navy. Option for<br />

a further 10 hel, 5 for Army and 5 for<br />

Navy. Final delivery due 2015<br />

US Boeing 2007 2009 Conversion to HC.2/2A standard.<br />

First to be delivered in late 2009,<br />

remainder early 2010<br />

Hermes 450 UAV – US$110m Int’l Thales 2007 2010 Contract incl trg, log spt and<br />

management services<br />

Chinook<br />

HC.2/2A<br />

SA 330E Puma<br />

HC.1<br />

Hel<br />

Upgrade<br />

Tpt Hel<br />

Upgrade<br />

48 US$656m Dom Honeywell/<br />

Thales<br />

2009 _ Upgrade with T55-L-714 engines<br />

and Thales TopDeck cockpits for op<br />

requirements<br />

28 US$479m Dom Eurocopter 2009 2011 Life-extension programme. First 14<br />

acs due to be in service by late 2012,<br />

final delivery due 12/04. Option on<br />

two more acs<br />

europe<br />

(non-naTO)

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