Mon, Dec 06, 2010
Equipment And Support Would Bring $119 Million
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress
November 29 of a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government
of Japan for installation and checkout of mission equipment for
AWACS aircraft and associated equipment, parts, training and
logistical support for an estimated cost of $119 million.
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The Government of Japan has requested installation and checkout
of four previously procured Radar System Improvement Program (RSIP)
Group A and B kits in E-767 Airborne Warning and Control Systems
(AWACS). Also provided are the transportation of the E-767s to/from
Japan, spare and repair parts, support and test equipment,
publications and technical documentation, U.S. Government and
contractor personnel support services, and other related program
elements to ensure complete AWACS mission equipment
supportability.
Japan is one of the major political and economic powers in East
Asia and the Western Pacific and a key ally of the United States in
ensuring peace and stability in that region. It is vital to the
U.S. national interest to assist Japan with developing and
maintaining a strong and ready self-defense capability, which will
contribute to an acceptable military balance in the region. The
proposed sale is consistent with U.S. objectives and the 1960
Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security.
Japan previously purchased four sets of AWACS RSIP Group A and B
kits mission equipment to enhance the operational capability of its
E-767 radar electronic counter-measures, and now requires this
Installation and Checkout to integrate extended Airborne Early
Warning (AEW) capability as well as enhanced command, control and
communications (C3).
The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter
the basic military balance in the region.
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