http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=2...000146-jij-soci

大雪で海自航空機破損＝修理中に屋根陥没─防衛省

時事通信 2月15日(土)19時48分配信

　防衛省は15日、神奈川県大和市の整備施設の屋根が大雪により陥没し、定期修理中だった海上自衛隊の哨戒機など6機が破損したとみられると発表した。同省などが被害状況の確認を進めている。けが人はいなかった。　


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日本神奈川縣大和市的維修廠因大雪導致屋頂塌陷，壓毀六架海上自衛隊的哨戒機(應該是P-3C)... :flash:

被壓垮的還有一架E3預警機

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/ne...19420035-n1.htm

六架維修起來.............那個金額應該不少錢 :jolin:

維基是錯的
光是F22P護衛艦2005年簽訂的合同單價就要1.75億美元，以當時的匯率差不多14億人民幣
現在加上通貨膨脹054A護衛艦30-35億人民幣很合理

台南艦才成軍短短幾年就進廠大修3次了..... :jolin: :jolin:

還好有保險 不然3次進廠大修的錢都快可以再造一艘了 :stupefy:

其實這些飛彈發動機的實際燃燒行程只有前18km左右
都差不多,只是看條件怎麼設定..

Boeing looks to Congress to fund fighters after Navy skips orders
 

By Andrea Shalal-Esa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co is mounting a last-ditch campaign to convince U.S. lawmakers to buy more fighter jets and stave off a shutdown of a St. Louis production line after the U.S. Navy failed to fund the jets.

The Navy's fiscal 2015 budget plan omits funding for any extra F/A-18E/F Super Hornets or EA-18G Growlers, according to several sources familiar with the issue. The White House is due to submit its 2015 budget request to Congress on March 4.

While the 2015 budget does not include funding for shutting down the F/A-18 production line in St. Louis after 2016, the Navy plans to add such termination funding to its 2016 budget, said one of the sources, who could not speak publicly.

That spells bad news for Boeing, which needs additional orders from the U.S. Navy to continue producing the fighter planes, according to industry executives and analysts.

Navy officials have said they would like to keep buying Super Hornets and Growlers, but cannot afford to do so given tough budget pressures that have already forced the service to propose eliminating one of 11 U.S. aircraft carriers.

That means Boeing must now appeal to U.S. lawmakers to fund an additional batch of Growlers to keep the line running for one more year while it continues to hunt for foreign sales.

The program has strong support among lawmakers but a dearth of funding for aircraft carriers and other priorities may complicate Boeing's efforts. Many traditional defense hawks have also died or left Congress, and many current lawmakers are more worried about deficits than maintaining defense spending.

Boeing officials declined comment, noting that the fiscal 2015 budget has not been released. But the company is already airing advertisements on a local Washington radio station and its lobbyists are working their connections on Capitol Hill.

Boeing contributed $1.3 million to individual lawmakers and political action committees in 2013 and spent $15.2 million on lobbying efforts, ranking as the 13th biggest spender, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Boeing's F/A-18 program manager Mike Gibbons has said the company needs to build about two planes a month to keep costs down, which would require extra funding of at least $$1.2 billion, but Boeing is studying possible savings by combining the F/A-18 and F-15 production line, which runs through 2018.

Industry experts note Lockheed Martin Corp builds just one F-16 a month at its Texas plant and say Boeing may be able to maintain F/A-18 production at a lower rate.

Boeing remains in competition for orders from Canada and Denmark, and sees other prospects in the Middle East. But none of those foreign orders are likely to materialize in time to maintain the St. Louis F/A-18 line past the end of 2016.

Boeing and U.S. officials had hoped to land a big F/A-18 order from Brazil, but Brazil in December said it would buy the Gripen built by Sweden's Saab after documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed U.S. spying on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.

Brett Lambert, a former top Pentagon official, said lawmakers still viewed F/A-18 purchases as a hedge against possible delays in the F-35 fighter jet program, although he said the program was more stable than just a few years ago.

Proponents of additional F/A-18 purchases argue that the F-35 has not completed development, and that continued issues with its software development could delay the ability of the Marine Corps to start using the plane in combat from mid-2015.

(Reporting by Andrea Shalal-Esa; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)


不知道波音會不會想辦法跟台灣推銷F-18 E/F
不然到了2016年F-18沒訂單的話~~~生產線就只能關閉了

國防部長嚴明低調訪星 談軍事合作
 

兩年一度的新加坡航空展今日在樟宜機場登場，聚集全球軍備製造商爭取亞洲訂單。
據透露，國防部長嚴明在新加坡官方邀請下，昨日低調訪問新加坡，除參觀航空展外，
也規劃拜會星國軍方高層，促進雙方軍事合作關係。

由於我國向美軍購F-16A/B型戰機性能提升案，屢傳美軍將因軍費緊縮而取消
機隊升級案，連帶影響我方性能提升進度。此次被美軍選中將負責我F-16戰機
換裝AESA雷達的美國軍火商諾斯洛普格拉曼公司（Northrop Grumman）也參展，
嚴明也將有機會實際了解購案運作的風向。

亞太地區近年主權爭議升高，各國南海、東海主權問題迭有對峙，
不但中國大陸提升軍費，各國國防支出也持續成長，因此成為軍商兵家必爭之地。
我國軍方按預算順序，除已採購的P-3C反潛機、F-16A/B戰機性能提升案外，
空軍未來仍有高級教練機的需求，南韓此次有T-50B高教機參展，
該型機組成的特技飛行隊日前還曾過境高雄，將在航展中演出，
雖然層峰曾允諾高教機將由國內漢翔研發承製，但空軍並未放棄評估外購的可能，
此次將有機會實地了解已獲印尼、菲律賓訂單的T-50教練機性能。

嚴明昨日自桃園機場出境飛往新加坡，行程保持低調，但有旅客目擊嚴明搭機。
民國101年的新加坡航空展也曾邀請當時的國防部長高華柱訪星，消息曝光後，
傳聞引發星方不滿，甚至派員向國防部遞交抗議信，揚言檢討軍事交流。

我國防部當時隨即在102年國防部公開預算書中，將空軍C-130運輸機前往新加坡
進行長途飛行訓練的「展鵬2號」計畫加以公開，我方有高達64人次的機組員，
分批飛往星國樟宜機場落地，藉此宣示兩國軍事合作關係不受影響；
但民國103年的公開預算書就再不見這項計畫，台星雙方顯有磨合。
此次嚴明仍受星國邀請訪問，顯示兩國關係確未受影響。

2014/02/11 聯合晚報

:flash: 謝謝提醒..... :stupefy:

總統：軍人占0.6%可維國安
 

（中央社記者李淑華台北13日電）
總統馬英九今天表示，現在軍人占人口比率約0.9%，
比例還是太高，若能維持在0.6%到0.7%，應足以維持台灣安全。

馬總統表示，剛到台灣時，號稱約60萬人部隊，1998年降到45萬人，
經一連串精兵制度改革，目前約21萬5000人。

馬總統上午在總統府接見由前美軍太平洋司令退役上將威拉德（Adm. Robert Willard）
率數名美卸任資深官員組成的美國智庫「國家亞洲研究局」訪華團說，
政府現正推動募兵制，有人擔心戰力下滑，事實上國軍戰力反而因為這樣提升。

馬總統表示，時代環境在變，戰爭型態也是，面臨非常大挑戰。
義務役士兵只服役1年，扣掉2個月基本與2個月專業訓練，只服役8個月，
每年都有相當大異動，造成戰力不穩定。

兵役制度改變，馬總統說，除提高待遇，也培養其他專業能力，
讓軍人退伍後有更好出路，並給予更多榮譽，讓他們願意選擇軍人行業。

馬總統表示，實施募兵制以來，留營義務役士兵數接近48%，
招募情況雖沒完全達標，但已足以讓制度運作下去。

馬總統說，改成募兵制後可提升軍中精熟程度，戰力一定會增加，
相信它發揮的力量要比徵兵制更好，非常有信心募兵制能逐漸成功。

從10年前開始，馬總統表示，義務役徵兵制度，
徵到的兵許多後來改服替代役，可見兵源需求沒那麼大。

馬總統說，美國剛開始募兵時也遇到相當的困難，一段時間後才正常。
一旦正常後，戰力就大提升。

有人說這是在給國防部的暗示
兵力裁到17萬還是太多