The country can now have its own F-16s multi-role fighter as the State Department of United States has approved the possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of the Philippines of F-16 Block 70/72 Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.43 billion.
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According to the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency
(DSCA) said it has already transmited the required certification notifying US
Congress of the possible sale on June 24.
“The Government of the Philippines has requested to buy ten (10)
F-16C Block 70/72 aircraft; two (2) F-16D Block 70/72 aircraft; fifteen (15)
F100-PW-229EEP engines or F110-GE-129D engines; fifteen (15) Improved
Programmable Display Generators (iPDG); fifteen (15) AN/APG-83 Advanced
Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Scalable Agile Beam Radars (SABR); fifteen
(15) Modular Mission Computers 7000AH; fifteen (15) LN-260 Embedded GPS/INS
(EGI) with SAASM and PPS; twenty-four (24) Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air
Missiles (AMRAAM) AIM-120C-7/C-8 or equivalent; one (1) AIM-120 Guidance
Section; forty-eight (48) LAU-129 missile launchers; three (3) KMU-572 Laser
Joint Direct Attack Munition (LJDAM) tail kits; six (6)
Mk-82 500lb bombs; six (6) Mk-82 500lb Inert training bombs; six (6) FMU-152 or
FMU-139 fuzes; six (6) Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods (ATP) or Litening ATP;
fifteen (15) Multifunctional Information Display System Joint Tactical Radio
System (MIDS-JTRS) aircraft terminals, and; fifteen (15) M61A1 Vulcan
Anti-Aircraft 20mm guns. Also included are AN/ARC-238 radios; Advanced
Identification Friend or Foe with Combined Interrogator Transponder and Mode 5;
Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems II (JHMCS II) or Scorpion Hybrid
Optical-based Inertial Tacker (HObIT); Integrated Electronic Warfare Suite;
Electronic Combat International Security Assistance Program (ECISAP) support;
AN/ALE-47 Countermeasure Dispenser Systems (CMDS); Joint Mission Planning
Systems (JMPS) or equivalent; AIM-120 CATM; LAU-118 launchers with Advanced
Launcher Interface Computer (ALIC); LAU-117 missile launchers; DSU-38 Precision
Laser Guided Sensor for LJDAM; Harpoon interface adapter kits; PGU-28 High
Explosive Incendiary (HEI) ammunition; PGU-27 ammunition training rounds (non
HEI); Cartridge Actuated Devices/Propellant Actuated Devices (CAD/PAD); ARD-446
impulse cartridges; ARD-863 impulse cartridges; BBU-36/B impulse cartridges;
BBU-35/B impulse cartridges; MK-124 smoke flares; MJU-7/B Flare Cartridge L463;
BRU‐61 Bomb Racks; BRU‐57 bomb racks; MAU‐12 bomb racks and TER‐9A triple
ejection racks; weapons support, test equipment, and missile containers; chaff
and flare; Night Vision Devices (NVD) and support equipment and spares; secure
communications; cryptographic equipment; aircraft and personnel support and test
equipment; integration and test; weapons, ammunition, pylons, launcher
adaptors, weapons interfaces, fuel tanks, and attached hardware; travel pods,
precision measurement equipment laboratory, calibration, and simulators; spare
and repair parts, repair and return services; maps, publications, and technical
documentation; studies and surveys; classified / unclassified software and
software support; personnel training and training equipment; facilities and
facility management, design and/or construction services; U.S. Government and
contractor engineering, technical and logistics support services; and other
related elements of logistical and program support,” US DSCA said.
“The proposed sale will improve the Philippines’
capability to meet current and future threats by enabling the Philippines to
deploy fighter aircraft with precision munitions in support of counterterrorism
operations in the southern Philippines, increasing effectiveness and minimizing
collateral damage. The Philippines is committed to modernizing its military
forces and will have no difficulty absorbing this aircraft and services into
its armed forces,” it added.
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