Northrop Grumman buys 14 IAI Hunter UAVs for $16m

[Resistance]

Sapir Peretz | Globes Online

To date, IAI has delivered seven Hunter systems to the US Army, one to the French Army, and three to the Belgian Army.

Sources inform “Globes” that Northrop Grumman has bought 14 Hunter unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) for $16 million.

The deal was made possible after the US Department of Defense granted Northrop Grumman a $33 million supplementary budget to develop, assemble, and buy Hunter UAVs. Defense industry sources said half the money would be transferred to IAI, as per the contract.

[Resistance]

1. Let's get this straight

we American taxpayers give Israel money to make these military vehicles, then we give our own government money to pass on to Northrop Grumman, so that they can in turn buy the vehicles which Israel has made.

Is that a scam or what?!?

[Muddleoftheroad]

2. No scam at all

Clearly, Israel has some skill here in building these. We loan Israel money and some of that money goes to keep various defense industry afloat.

In an unrelated transaction, we choose to buy quality equipment from our ally.

[kalian]

3. Its a scam....re-read what Resistance stated....

[Muddleoftheroad]

4. I did

It's not.

[drewb]

5. Yes it is...

It is a scam just as plain as day.

Be glad.

:loveya:

[Muddleoftheroad]

6. How so

We rely on Israel's technical skill to develop a product. Companies then buy it. Gimme such a scam every day.

[drewb]

7. We are double paying...

we American taxpayers give Israel money to make these military vehicles, then we give our own government money to pass on to Northrop Grumman, so that they can in turn buy the vehicles which Israel has made.

That's pretty clear...

:loveya:

[Resistance]

8. yep

it is a scam. (And a bipartisan effort goes into keeping the system in place)

[Gimel]

9. Not the facts

No money is given to Israel to make these vehicles. Private companies manufacture the aircraft vehicles.

[Resistance]

10. ah

so because the billions we give Israel freely doesn't go directly towards the accounts of these private companies, then there is no scam involved?

Riiiight. :eyes:

[Gimel]

11. of course not

Israel is not a single coffer entity.


IAI website:
http://www.iai.co.il/site/en/iai.asp?pi=12013

[Resistance]

12. There is either a scam, or there isn't.

Which one is it, in your opinion?