christoph13
20th Jun 2005, 18:24
Denmark is planning to replace its aging F-16 jet fighters and will choose next year between the U.S. Joint Strike Fighter and other rivals such as the Eurofighter, Defense Minister Soeren Gade said on June 20.
”We want the (Danish) parties which signed the ‘defense compromise’ to decide on this issue in order to quickly take advantage of the consequences for our own arms industry and for the manufacturers who should not be kept waiting too long,” he told Agence France-Presse.
The renewal of the air force is one of the Danish military’s largest ever investments, estimated at some 13 billion kroner (1.75 billion euros, $2.13 billion) for 48 aircraft.
Denmark took part in the first phase of development of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), contributing $10 million to the program since 1997.
Since 2002 it has taken part in the second, 10-year phase, budgeted at $105 million (107 million euros) at 2001 price levels and $125 million (127 million euros) at current price levels.
Gade said he expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Washington by the end of 2006 on the further development of the project, though he stressed that that in no way commits Denmark to buying the JSF.
Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey are all part of the JSF project, whose main manufacturer is U.S. group Lockheed Martin.
Former Danish defense minister Svend Aage Jensby previously called the JSF “one of the most technologically advanced projects in the world”, and the fighter is believed to be the Danish military’s first choice, according to Conservative daily Berlingske Tidende on June 20.
The paper said it was preferred over the Eurofighter because it was a more recent and advanced generation of aircraft, according to air force technicians.
”For the time-being, everything seems to indicate that the JSF is the favorite, according to documents from defense experts. But we haven’t yet made our choice, and it would be good for the other competitors to let U.S. know what compensation and sub-contracting deals they would be willing to offer our industries,” Peter Skaarup, spokesman for the government ally and far-right Danish People’s Party, told Agence France-Presse.
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”We want the (Danish) parties which signed the ‘defense compromise’ to decide on this issue in order to quickly take advantage of the consequences for our own arms industry and for the manufacturers who should not be kept waiting too long,” he told Agence France-Presse.
The renewal of the air force is one of the Danish military’s largest ever investments, estimated at some 13 billion kroner (1.75 billion euros, $2.13 billion) for 48 aircraft.
Denmark took part in the first phase of development of the Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), contributing $10 million to the program since 1997.
Since 2002 it has taken part in the second, 10-year phase, budgeted at $105 million (107 million euros) at 2001 price levels and $125 million (127 million euros) at current price levels.
Gade said he expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Washington by the end of 2006 on the further development of the project, though he stressed that that in no way commits Denmark to buying the JSF.
Australia, Britain, Canada, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey are all part of the JSF project, whose main manufacturer is U.S. group Lockheed Martin.
Former Danish defense minister Svend Aage Jensby previously called the JSF “one of the most technologically advanced projects in the world”, and the fighter is believed to be the Danish military’s first choice, according to Conservative daily Berlingske Tidende on June 20.
The paper said it was preferred over the Eurofighter because it was a more recent and advanced generation of aircraft, according to air force technicians.
”For the time-being, everything seems to indicate that the JSF is the favorite, according to documents from defense experts. But we haven’t yet made our choice, and it would be good for the other competitors to let U.S. know what compensation and sub-contracting deals they would be willing to offer our industries,” Peter Skaarup, spokesman for the government ally and far-right Danish People’s Party, told Agence France-Presse.
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