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Alouette replacement programme:C-130 AND ALOUETTE AT THE AGENDA OF THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (M1892 - 29/2017)
Friday, April 21, 2017 at 9:05 pm
From the article published by the online newspaper "Observer" on 04/19/2017 , on the execution of the Military Programming Law in 2016,
it is possible to know the state of play regarding two of the fleets of the Portuguese Air Force (FAP): C-130 and Alouette III.
The Hercules C-130H transport aircraft fleet has been identified for several years as needing urgent modernization,
in particular for the communications and navigation system,
to allow it to circulate freely within European airspace.
According to the Observer's article, quoting a source from the Ministry of Defense (MDN), the program was delayed by about six months due to negotiations with the US,
since "it is a state-by-state contract through the mechanism Foreign Military Sales (FMS) ".
The delays will have been related to "the change of the FMS project manager in the USA and the complexity of the negotiations between the different actors,
in particular with OGMA [NR: which should carry out the work].
Also according to the same source of the MDN, the contract should be signed within the "coming months of May and June".
It is unclear, however, whether the initial intention to modernize five C-130 cells is maintained,
given that, of the six that belonged to the FAP inventory,
one (n / a 16802) was immobilized at Air Base 6 with no intention of being modernized .
Due to the accident with total cell loss n / a 16804 in July 2016, the question remains whether the objective remains to maintain five operational C-130s,
which will entail the recovery of the 16802 for flight conditions.
As regards the SE-3160 Alouette III helicopter fleet,
whose authorization to purchase a replacement was recently issued,
according to the same article,
citing the MDN "the need to equip the light helicopter with dual use valves, in particular with regard to its participation In the fire-fighting device as intended, required to redefine the requirements of the project. "
This capacity "implied some delay in launching the procedure; However, the supplier consultation phase is now taking place and the delay will not compromise the replacement of the Allouette III within the time limit. "
On the Alpha Jet fleet,
advanced training of fighter pilots and with deactivation scheduled for 1 February 2018,
there seems to be no further developments.
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"The Minister of National Defense, José Alberto Azeredo Lopes, authorized the sale of the Alouette III due to their increasing technological obsolescence and the acquisition of five new single-engine light helicopters to replace them.This investment in the modernization of the Air Force, enrolled in the Military Programming Law , Will run between 2018 and 2020, and can not exceed 20.5M €.
The Ministry of National Defense has authorized the purchase of five single-engine light helicopters (with the option of up to two others),
...continues atThe sudden shortage of components on the market,
coupled with the lack of an engine repair facility,
as well as centers authorized to carry out major inspections of these aircraft make it impossible to operate beyond 2018.
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