BAE Wins Big PBL Support Contracts for European & Saudi Eurofighters

RAF Eurofighters, Nevada(click to view full) BAE’s growing expertise with “contracting for availability” performance-based support are netting it important international contracts, as well as British ones. Britain is already implementing the Typhoon Availability Service (TAS) for its Eurofighter fleet. With 4 of 72 Typhoons delivered to the Royal Saudi Air Force, and flying operations commencing, on Oct 12/09, BAE systems announced a detailed 3-year contract for “The Salam Support Solution.” This is a full availability-based service contract, which also includes Saudi pilot training in the UK and training for RSAF maintenance technicians. The deal’s value was not disclosed, but Saudi support contracts tend to be very large due to the range of contractor services they need. BAE Systems followed that up by announcing a 5.5 year performance-based contract worth more than GBP 400 million (currently about $654 million), to support the ECR-90 radars and defensive aids sub systems (DASS) on the core partner nations’ Eurofighter fleets. Now, SELEX Galileo is announcing a large sub-contract… CAPTOR and DASS Eurofighter DASS(click to view larger) Though Eurofighter does feature some radar signature shaping, it is not a full stealth aircraft. DASS is an integrated system of aircraft defenses that include laser warning, radar […]