F-15SA Development
Article about the birth and development of the F-15SA (Saudi Advanced), the newest F-15 version designed for Saudi Arabia. Packed with cutting edge avionics the F-15SA will play a double role: a very powerful defense package in the Middle-East, and a savior of Boeing's F-15 production line.
Details of a Big Deal
The F-15 is not unknown in Saudi Arabia, since its localized version, the F-15S is in service in the RSAF from 1995. RSAF currently operates a total of 70 F-15S jets together with 66 F-15C single seat and 18 F-15D two-seat models.
Saudi Arabia sought to upgrade their existing F-15S fleet and they wanted to purchase more of the upgraded version. The goal was to have 70 + 84 jets at identical configuration, thus Saudi Arabia requested 84 new F-15SA aircraft, plus an upgrade of its F-15S fleet to F-15SA standards, plus related equipment and weapons. The US Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress of this possible foreign military sale on Oct 20, 2010. The equipment list of the aircraft is very impressive:

