Details zum Deal sind wohl "geleakt" worden ...
Included in offering price ~ 480mil$ , and also asked in RFP(from press conference with Croatian MoD):
- 10+2 planes on Barak 2020 standard, block 30. 10 SS and 2 DS
- USA aa and ag missiles
- 2 simulators
- 3 spare engines
- BVR compatibility (probably AIM-120 and/or Derby/Derby-ER)
- SLEP in cooperation with LM (3000 flight hours)
- 3 years of full support in Croatia (Israeli parts,tech and out techs training), and full maintenance support during use (15-25 years)
- Training for our 6-8 pilots and 50 mechs in Israel
- Infrastructure (hangar for all planes and lvl 1 + lvl 2 maintenance )
- Free hands to buy any aa/ag missiles from Israel during usage period
- Software support during usage period
- Government to government deal, full guarantees
And some more stuff...
Planes are now on 4,800 flight hours, with coef. 1.6, meaning 7,680 hours. When they reach 8,000 they go on SLEP.
First 2 planes arriving 2020, 6 in 2021 and 4 in 2022.
We are jumping from 2nd gen ex-Soviet Mig-21 to 4th gen west F-16 Barak 2020 Block 30, so we need to build whole system.]