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Defense
Seoul drops plan to buy Global Hawk UAV
[단독] 미국이 제시한 글로벌 호크 가격은?
Posted : 2012-01-26 16:58
Updated : 2012-01-26 16:58
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Global Hawk

By Lee Tae-hoon

Korea is scrapping its plan to purchase the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from the United States due to budget constraints, the head of the country’s arms procurement agency said in a recent interview.

Seoul had sought to introduce four of the U.S.-made high-altitude reconnaissance UAVs and one complete ground control system after Washington decided to phase out its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions in Korea from 2012.

“We cannot buy the drones at the price the United States is offering them,” Noh Dae-lae, commissioner of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), said.

He said DAPA received revised price and availability (P&A) estimates from the Pentagon in November last year for the acquisition of the advanced surveillance system.

“Washington offered to sell the Global Hawk system at $442 million to Seoul in September 2009 when the latter sent a letter of request for P&A data. But in November 2011, it informed us that the price was $899 million,” Noh said. “The price is so high that it is impossible to purchase them or seek National Assembly endorsement.”

DAPA, which had decided to purchase Global Hawks that fly at an altitude of 65,000 feet (19,812 meters) for up to 32 hours in 2003 and deploy them by 2009, has been seeking to purchase a UAV system with a budget of 485.4 billion won ($432.6 million).

If DAPA wants to spend more than 20 percent of the original budget, it is mandated to carry out another feasibility study for the program.

Noh said he will change his agency’s plan to acquire the Global Hawks and allow rival companies to participate in supplying surveillance UAVs.

“So far, Northrop Grumman, the maker of the Global Hawk, has been the only company qualified to negotiate with Seoul,” Noh said. “Now we plan to change our purchase plan to an open bid and allow makers of the Global Observer and Phantom Eye to participate.”

He said recent P&A data for the purchase of the Global Observer shows that the new spy drone falls within Seoul’s budget.

U.S. officials say the U.S. Air Force may also suspend its plan to buy additional Global Hawks due to its soaring costs.

The Phantom Eye is a hydrogen-powered high-altitude long-endurance aircraft, which can fly at an altitude of 65,000 feet for up to 96 hours.

Any of the three UAVs is capable of covering not only the whole of North Korea but also parts of China and other neighboring countries.

[단독] 미국이 제시한 글로벌 호크 가격은?
미국이 제시한 글로벌 호크 가격은? 방위사업청은 미국정부가 장거리 고고도 무인 전략정찰기 글로벌호크 가격을 2배 제시하자, 도입이 차질 생겨 사업을 전면 재 검토하겠다 밝힌 바 있다. 미국이 한국에 제시한 가격이 도대체 얼마나 올랐기에 이런 결정을 한 것 일까? 노대래 방사청장이 본지와의 인터뷰에서 밝힌 “2011년 11월 미국 정부로 받은 글로벌호크에 대한 P&A(Price & Availability, 가격과 가용성 자료)”에 의하면 글로벌호크 4대 도입에 따른 비용은 8.99억불 (1조 100억)이다. 이는 방사청이 2009년 9월에 미국정부로 공식적으로 받은 글로벌호크 무인기 도입 예상가격 4.42억불에 두 배를 약간 초과하는 액수이다. 노대래 청장은 이에 대해 “지금까지 확보한 P&A자료에 의하면 글로벌호크는 우리의 예산범위 내에 들어와 있지 않아서 구매가 어렵다” 며 사실상 글로벌호크 도입을 더 이상 추진하지 않을 것을 밝혔다. 노청장에 의하면 “ 글로벌옵저버는 우리 예산 범위내에 들어와 있고 팬텀아이는 미측에게 P&A를 요청한 상황”이다. 그는 “우리가 구매하려는 것은 고고도무인정찰기(HUAV)입니다. 그 동안에는 대상기종이 글로벌호크밖에 없었기 때문에 글로벌호크를 대상으로 하였습니다. 하지만 지금은 글로벌옵저버, 팬텀아이 등 경쟁기종이 있으므로 이들을 최대한 경쟁시켜 우리 국익에 가장 도움이 되는 것으로 결정할 것” 이라 밝혔다.
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