ever one speculate. but there is solid reason for speculation. see the number of French ministers visits to UAE in past 5 years to clinch Rafale deal. There is no such basis for speculation in this case based on past history.
Attempted defence sales to UAE have no relevance in a thread about alternatives to the Mi-28N for Iraq.
No they cannot ramp especially military engines. even LM takes 4 years to deliver new F-16. your confusing Civilian engines with Military. There is hardly any alternative.
Oh so we have moved from talking about helicopter engines where the dividing line between civil and military engines is non existent to talking about how quickly Lockheed Martin can service an F-16 contract. Talk about moving the goal posts! Lockheed Martin can move surprisingly quickly if needed servicing an F-16 order and the engines are competatively tendered between the F100 from PW and the F110 from GE! There is slack in F100 and F110 manufacture meaning there is plenty of scope to ramp up production quickly! So what are you basing your grand statement that Russia is super fast over anybody else at this…oh hang on yet again you bring up an issue of no relevance to the thread! Just for example GE was able to service a large follow on order of GE F-110 for the Saudi airforce within a few months of contract signing. I feel like I am beating my head against a wall!
AH-64 and AH-1Z are well good choppers and i am sure they can perform well. but there will be restrictions on there use
What restrictions beyond American ITAR rules? Iraq is buying vast amounts of American defence articles already hardly appears to be an issue for them.
Rooivalk has Euro parts (engines turbomeca) so it is non starter.
Why would Euro engine parts be a problem? there is no European defence sales embargo against Iraq. Iraq is already inducting European helicopters (small correction it has Canadian engines – then again Iraq does operate the Gazelle which does have a European engine). Do I have to post this picture yet again:
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