Boeing has won a contract valued $22 million for Saudi F-15S to F-15SA (Eagle Fighters) aircraft conversion support.
This contract provides support for the conversion of the Royal Saudi Air Force F-15S into an F-15SA aircraft, which includes program management, reach-back support for the 48 continental United States and Washington, D.C.; temporary on-site for outside the continental U.S. assistance (if needed); and round robin repairs.
F-15SA is the advanced version of the F-15S. In October 2010, Saudi Arabia requested 84 F-15SA (Saudi Advanced) fighters, upgrading of its existing F-15S fleet to F-15SA standard, and related equipment and weapons through a Foreign Military Sale. A $29.4 billion deal for the new jets as well as for F-15S upgrade (70 aircraft) was signed in December 2011. Two months ago, Boeing was awarded $9.8 billion for F-15S modernization.
The new upgrade is expected to bring the Saudi F-15s on par with the F-15QT ordered by Qatar.
The aircraft features a digital electronic warfare suite, fly-by-wire flight control system, Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, an infrared search-and-track system, advanced cockpit displays and Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems.