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Lockheed proposes $5bn Aegis ships sale to Saudi Arabia
Bloomberg ^ | 26 May 2011

Posted on 05/26/2011 5:46:32 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

Lockheed proposes $5bn Aegis ships sale to Saudi Arabia

By Bloomberg Thursday, 26 May 2011 1:08 PM

Lockheed Martin Corp has proposed selling to Saudi Arabia eight Littoral Combat Ship hulls outfitted with its Aegis radar in a package that may be valued at $5bn, a company executive said.

“What we are offering is the Aegis SPY 1F system on the Littoral Combat Ship,” Paul Lemmo, vice president of business development at Lockheed’s Mission Systems and Sensors unit, said in an interview today in Arlington, Virginia.

The Aegis SPY-1F is a smaller, lighter version of the air and missile defense radar deployed on US Navy ships.

Saudi Arabia is seeking eight surface combatant ships, such as the Littoral Combat Ship, as the “centerpiece of its plan to recapitalise its eastern fleet” that may also include fast- patrol boats, helicopters and drones, he said.

Lockheed’s proposal was made to Saudi Arabia through the US Navy, which is offering both the Littoral Combat Ship models to Saudi Arabia, Lemmo said.

Bethesda, Maryland-based Lockheed is the prime contractor for one of the two Littoral Combat Ship models being bought by the US Navy. A team led by Austal Ltd, and including General Dynamics Corp. is building the other model.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: aegis; lcs; lockheedmartin; saudiarabia

1 posted on 05/26/2011 5:46:36 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Where are "the Saudi's are our friends" choir boys?

Anything for a buck.

2 posted on 05/26/2011 5:52:36 AM PDT by gitmogrunt
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Let us make sure to arm our future enemies well... ugh


3 posted on 05/26/2011 5:55:53 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Sure, why not? It keeps the yards open, saves some jobs and preserves the technical knowledge base.

The Saudis aren’t going to be using them anywhere but the Arabian Gulf and maybe off Yemen and Somalia.


4 posted on 05/26/2011 5:57:24 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Taiwan needs them.


5 posted on 05/26/2011 5:58:06 AM PDT by Last Dakotan
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To: gitmogrunt

I would like to think that anything we sell to someone else, we have the capability to instantly destroy if need be......


6 posted on 05/26/2011 6:02:04 AM PDT by joe fonebone (Project Gunwalker, this will make watergate look like the warm up band......)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Sounds like the Saudis are a little concerned about Iranian missiles too.


7 posted on 05/26/2011 6:18:17 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Selling the Aegis system is like selling the crown jewels.


8 posted on 05/26/2011 6:36:56 AM PDT by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: sukhoi-30mki

... I say that even though the Japanese Navy has the Aegis system.


9 posted on 05/26/2011 6:37:48 AM PDT by Tallguy (Received a fine from the NFL for a helmet-to-helmet hit.)
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To: glorgau

Exactly. For a navy that isn’t looking for far-ranging blue-water deployment the LCS may be an adequate, if expensive solution.


10 posted on 05/26/2011 6:43:36 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Monarchy is the one system of government where power is exercised for the good of all - Aristotle)
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To: Tallguy

Unless you are talking of ballistic missile defense capabilities, for which the SPY-1F variant is inadequate, there are lots of newer and lighter radar systems available from a number of suppliers.


11 posted on 05/26/2011 6:46:39 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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