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United States Navy has awarded a $170 million contract for the manufacture and delivery of nine AH-1Z aircraft and nine auxiliary fuel kits for Pakistan, the US Department of Defence said in a statement on Monday.
Bell Helicopter has been awarded the contract for the combat helicopters which will be manufactured and delivered to Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales Programme, the statement said.
The Bell AH-1Z Viper is a twin-engine combat chopper based on the previous SuperCobra model developed for the US Marine Corps. It has a top speed of 420 kilometres per hour and a range of 610 kilometres.
The contract is “expected to be completed in September 2018″.
“Foreign military sales funds in the amount of $170,173,188 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year,” the Defence Department statement said. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity for Pakistan, it added.
US agrees to sell AH-1Z attack helicopters to Pakistan
In April 2015, the US Department of State approved the possible sale to Pakistan for 15 AH-1Z Vipers with Hellfire missiles and support worth up to $952 million. The contract covered the manufacture and delivery of 15 Lot 12 UH-1Y Venom utility helicopters, 19 Lot 12 AH-1Zs, one Lot 13 UH-1Y, and 21 auxiliary fuel kits for the government of Pakistan.
In February this year, the US government said it had approved the sale to Pakistan of up to eight F-16 fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin Corp, radar and other equipment in a deal valued at $699 million. The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, which oversees foreign arms sales, said it had notified lawmakers about the possible deal.
The US approves sale of F-16s to Pakistan
The agency said the F-16s would allow Pakistan’s Air Force to operate in all-weather environments and at night while improving its self-defense capability and bolstering its ability to conduct counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations.
http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...s-nine-ah-1z-combat-helicopetrs-for-pakistan/
http://www.dawn.com/news/1250108
@Zarvan @DEJAVU Whatever happened to super-rich Pakistani plans to buy WZ-10 from China, Mi-28 from Russia and T-129 from Turkey?? You can claim that you can pay for anything and everything...say whatever you want but the fact remains your military only survives thanks to the US taxpayer and Chinese banks.
Now US will have to pay for your AH-1Zs just like it paid for your F-16s, and earlier AH-1S/F. You will only ever get what the US or China decide that you should get. It also signifies an important aspect : Beggars can't be choosers.
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