The Philippines will still have its attack
helicopters after the Department of National Defense (DND)announced that it is
still a “GO” with the Turkish T129 ATAK for the attack helicopter acquisition
project for Philippine Air Force (PAF).
“Based on the revised Acquisition Decision
Memorandum released by the DND and signed by Sec. Lorenzana recently, the
decision is to proceed with Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) offer with still
the T129 ATAK attack helicopter,” MaxDefense said.
It added that “the project would remain as a
Government-to-Government (G2G) deal with the Turkish government, and will
proceed as plan based on the discussions made between the two countries since
last year.”
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| T129 ATAK attack helicopter (photo credit to owner) |
As per MaxDefense it was told that that the
Turkish government and Turkish Aerospace Industries has assured the DND and the
Philippine Air Force that there will be no problems in securing export licenses
for US-made parts and subsystems, including the LHTEC-sourced engines and other
avionics.”
It was last December that the Department of
National Defense (DND) and the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) of the
Republic of Turkey signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on defense
cooperation.
The memorandum of understanding (MOU) will focus
on government-to-government (GTG) acquisition, as well as the development,
production, co-production, and transfer of defense technology between the DND
and the SSB.
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tackles the modernization of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, has posted an
article regarding T129 ATAK attack helicopter which the PAF is eyeing.
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