Zitat:Das ist meines Erachtens der Grund, warum MiG heute mit solchen Aufträgen wie in Bulgarien herumkrebst,

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Zitat:Das ist meines Erachtens der Grund, warum MiG heute mit solchen Aufträgen wie in Bulgarien herumkrebst,

Hat Rußland in den letzten Jahren überhaupt neue Waffensysteme an Bulgarien geliefert?

Zitat:12 Cougars and 6 Panthers for the Bulgarian Ministry of DefenseMarignane, 28 January 2005
On January 28, 2005, Mr. Svinarov, the Bulgarian Defense Minister and Mr. Luc Barrière, the Eurocopter Senior Vice-President for Sales & Marketing, signed a contract in Sofia for the supply of twelve AS 532 AL Cougar helicopters and six AS 565 MB Panther helicopters.

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Zitat:12 Cougars and 6 Panthers for the Bulgarian Ministry of DefenseMarignane, 28 January 2005
On January 28, 2005, Mr. Svinarov, the Bulgarian Defense Minister and Mr. Luc Barrière, the Eurocopter Senior Vice-President for Sales & Marketing, signed a contract in Sofia for the supply of twelve AS 532 AL Cougar helicopters and six AS 565 MB Panther helicopters.

Zitat:BULGARIA CANCELS ISRAELI DEFENSE PROJECT


LONDON [MENL] -- Bulgaria has canceled a $74 million Israeli project to upgrade military helicopters for the southern European country.

The Bulgarian Defence Ministry has cancelled an award to Israel's Elbit Systems for the upgrade of 18 Soviet-origin military helicopters for the air force. The ministry said on March 11 that Elbit Systems failed to fulfill the requirements of the tender.

"Defense Minister Nikolay Svinarov canceled on March 8 the public tender procedure for repair and modernization of Bulgarian Air Force helicopters Mi-17 and Mi-24 to Elbit Systems, Israel, due to unfulfilment of the initially stated criteria," the ministry said on March 11.

In December 2004, Elbit Systems was selected to modernize 12 Mi-24 attack helicopters and six Mi-17 transport helicopters for 57 million euros. Elbit Systems defeated BAE Systems, which had submitted a bid of 128 million euros.

Zitat:The US Congress Approved the Possible Sale of F-16 to Bulgaria

WASHINGTON, (BGM) – An announcement was published on the website of the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) stating that the US Congress has allowed Bulgaria to be given the opportunity to purchase a complete package for eight F-16 Block 70 multirole fighter aircrafts worth $ 1.6 billion, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. [...]

The package includes the value of the eight aircrafts with full air-to-air and air-to-ground armament, all additional aircraft systems as well as the future upgrades and newly introduced weapon systems.

This is the maximum financial framework of the project for acquisition of a new type of multirole fighter by Bulgaria. There is a two-week term during which the US government will provide the Bulgarian side with a draft agreement (LOA) in which the expected cost of acquiring the eight aircrafts with a package of the necessary combat capabilities will be within $ 1.2 billion. Upon expiration of the two-week term and receipt of the draft agreement, the negotiation process will continue.

Zitat:Upgraded Bulgarian Su-25 Frogfoot

Bulgarian Air Force (Bàlgarski Voenno Vàzdusni Sili) is going on with a modernization and resizing of its fleet after the long period of soviet supplies. [...] Since 2000s Bulgaria had actively tried to modernize its air fleet and many efforts had been faced with the aim of keeping in service the russian made fighter jets. In 2006 Bulgarian Governament signed a contract with Italian Alenia for the supply of three C 27J Spartan to replace the Antonov AN 24 and An 26 in the transport role. [...]

If compared to other Countries such as Poland or Romania, Bulgarian fighters have not undergone an avionics modernization program, and therefore lack NATO standardized comunications, navigation or IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) equipment, meaning they cannot deploy abroad. [...] The Su 25 Frogfoot had always rappresented the spine of Bulgarian ground attack speciality and they are based in Bezmer, in the SouthEast of the Country. It represents a simple, effective and survivable attack workhorse, purposely designed to fly multiple short-range battlefield CAS missions. [...]

In November 2018 the BVVS signed a USD 85.5 million contract for the major overhaul of fourteen Su 25s by the 558th Aviation Repair Plant in Baranovichi, Belarus. Unfortunately the contract was downgraded from fourteen to eight aircraft, six Su 25K single seat and two Su 25 UBK double seat and Bulgaria will decide in the next months if using the option for the further overhaul of other six machines. The recalculated cost for eight aircraft is BGN 41 million (USD 24.3 million). [...] As a result, in 2019, the Bulgarian parliament approved amendments to the national legislation, which allowed the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense to issue a temporary permit for the export of the Su-25s to the Republic of Belarus, where the first aircraft were sent in August 2019. [...]

The contract with Belarus cover even the overhaul of 16 engines R-95Sh with their life extension in other 500 flight hours. Also the weapon systems had been enhanced with the introduction of the possibility of using the 130mm S-13T rockets and even the air-to-air capability had been expanded thanks to the integration of the R-73 (AA-11) Archer highly agile short-range air-to-air missile.

The combination of the new HUD, cockpit displays, weapons computer and navigation/attack system’s digital components increased significantly the accuracy when employing unguided ordnance with visual aiming.

All the upgraded Su 25s shows a new pixel painting scheme with dark green, light green and dark brown. The upgraded jets presents the serial numbers 240, 246, 249, 252, 253 and 254 for the single seat and 002 and 095 for double seat.

Zitat:Es wäre sinnvoller gewesen, wenn die Allianz hier Bulgarien finanziell unterstützt hätte und alle Maschinen beispielsweise in Israel modernisiert worden wären (Elbit bietet volle NATO-Kompatibilität und die integration westlicher Waffen).