Turki Membeli Rudal AMRAAM dari Amerika Serikat

dok. Rudal AIM-120 AMRAAM, (Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza Jr. / US Navy)

Militer.or.id – Turki akan membeli rudal udara-ke-udara dari raksasa pertahanan AS, Raytheon Co, yang telah mendapatkan kontrak senilai $ 634 juta untuk Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), kata Pentagon pada hari Kamis.

“Raytheon Missile Co., Tucson, Arizona, telah mendapatkan kontrak dengan target harga tetap $ 634.204.347 untuk produksi Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Lot 31” menurut Departemen Pertahanan AS dalam sebuah pernyataan, menambahkan bahwa sistem tersebut mencakup perangkat rudal, suku cadang dan telemetri.

Dikatakan pula bahwa kontrak tersebut melibatkan penjualan ke Jepang, Korea Selatan, Maroko, Polandia, Indonesia, Rumania, Spanyol, Turki, Bahrain dan Qatar.

Berikut adalah kutipan pengumuman dari Departemen Pertahanan (DoD) Amerika Serikat pada tanggal 28 Desember 2017:

Raytheon Missile Co., Tucson, Arizona, has been awarded a $634,204,347 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) production Lot 31. The contract is for the production of the AMRAAM missile and other AMRAAM system items. The AMRAAM system includes the missile, spares and telemetry kits. Work will be performed at Tucson, Arizona, with an expected completion date of Jan. 31, 2020.

This contract involves foreign military sales (FMS) to Japan, Korea, Morocco, Poland, Indonesia, Romania, Spain, Turkey, Bahrain and Qatar.

Fiscal 2017 production funds in the amount of $409,939,707; fiscal 2017 research and development funds in the amount of $2,955,178; and fiscal operations and maintenance funds of $1,744,172 are being obligated at the time of award, all remaining funding ($219,565,290) is from FMS sources. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity (FA8675-18-C-0003).