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Tue, September 26, 2023 | 17:27
Defense
Korea exports 12 FA-50s to Philippines
국산 경공격기 FA-50 12대 필리핀 수출 본계약
Posted : 2014-03-28 19:45
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By Kang Seung-woo and Joint Press Corps



Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) signed a $420 million (450 billion won) contract Friday to export a dozen FA-50 light attack aircraft to the Philippines.

In a signing ceremony, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) CEO Oh Young-ho inked the deal that will deliver the first batch of jets late next year. The delivery is expected to be completed by 2017.

As the transaction is signed under a government-to-government deal, KOTRA participated in the signing on behalf of KAI because the agency is in charge of the Korean government's commercial transactions.

"The deal with the Philippines, following one with Iraq last year, is boosting confidence that Korea is competitive in the fighter market," KAI CEO Ha Sung-yong said.

With the deal, KAI has put the second Southeast Asian country on its customer list.

It has sold 16 T-50 supersonic trainers to Indonesia, 40 KT-1 basic trainers to Turkey and 20 KT-1s to Peru. It also signed with Iraq to sell 24 FA-50s in December.

KAI believes a series of sales will contribute to the Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province-based firm, establishing itself as a competitive presence in the market for lower-priced fighters.

"Traveling around the world to market our products, we have found the status of Korean aircraft going up," the company head said. "We are now focusing on manufacturing high-performance planes (to continue the upturn)."

In the competition, the KAI product beat Swedish Saab JAS-39 Gripen, Israel Aircraft Industries' Kfir and F-16 as well as BAE Systems' Hawk-128, Russian Yakovlev's Yak-130 and Czech aircraft producer Aero Vodochody's L-159, according to the Korean firm.

The two sides were closing in on the deal last year after the Manila government signed a memorandum of understanding, but the decision was delayed after Typhoon Haiyan struck the Southeast Asian country in November.

However, President Park Geun-hye asked for cooperation from Philippine President Benigo Aquino III in October, when they agreed to expand cooperation in defense and economy in Seoul.

KAI is set to try to continue the winning vibe in its sales pitch for other countries including Botswana, the United Arab Emirates and eventually the United States.

In the U.S. Air Force's trainer program, codenamed "T-X," aimed at replacing its fleet of T-38s, the U.S. side plans to purchase 350 new aircraft worth billions of dollars.

In the U.S. competition, KAI, teaming up with U.S. aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, is expected to compete with a BAE Systems-Northrop Grumman consortium and one combining Boeing and Saab Group.

KAI and Lockheed jointly developed the T-50 supersonic trainer and the FA-50 is a light combat version of the T-50.

The FA-50 can carry a weapons load of up to 4.5 tons and can be armed with a wide range of weapon systems including AIM-9 sidewinder short-range air-to-air missiles, AGM-65 air-to-ground tactical missiles and GBU-38/B Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM), which allows the aircraft to counter multiple threats. Its maximum speed is Mach 1.5.

The FA-50, first unveiled in January 2006, was developed in Korea as a possible replacement for the Air Force's F-5E/F when the aging fighters are retired.


국산 경공격기 FA-50 12대 필리핀 수출 본계약

국산 경공격기 FA-50의 필리핀 수출이 성사됐다.

방위사업청과 대한무역투자진흥공사(KOTRA)는 28일 필리핀 공군의 다목적 전투기 구매사업을 한국항공우주산업(KAI)이 수주해 FA-50 12대를 정부 간 무역(G2G) 방식으로 공급하게 됐다고 밝혔다.

이번 수출계약은 총 4억2천만 달러 규모로 계약발효 후 3년2개월 내 인도가 완료된다.

FA-50은 KAI와 록히드마틴이 공동 개발한 고등훈련기 T-50을 경공격기로 개조한 모델이다. T-50 계열의 해외 수출은 2011년 인도네시아 16대, 지난해 이라크 24대에 이어 세 번째다.

FA-50은 길이 13.13m, 폭 9.45m, 높이 4.85m로, 최고 속도는 마하 1.5이다. 최대 4천500kg의 무장장착이 가능하다.경쟁기종으로는 스웨덴의 그리펜, 이탈리아의 M-346, 러시아의 야크-130, 영국의 호크 등이 있었지만, FA-50의 가격 대비 우수한 성능이 인정돼 낙점을 받은 것으로 알려졌다.

KAI는 그리펜 등 중거리 공대공 전투능력을 갖춘 전투기 구입을 희망했던 필리핀 공군을 상대로 전술입문 훈련까지 가능한 공격기 FA-50이 필리핀 환경에 맞는 최적의 항공기라고 설득했다.

우리 공군도 실전 운용경험을 살려 T-50 계열 항공기 운용의 장점을 부각하는 한편 필리핀 공군의 FA-50 평가비행을 지원하고 수출에 필요한 조종사와 정비사 훈련을 약속했다.

KOTRA는 한국 정부의 G2G 주관기관으로 사업이행을 약속하는 등 수출계약 체결을 주도했고, 방사청은 국방기술품질원을 통해 국산 항공기의 품질을 보증했다.

특히 작년 11월 필리핀이 초대형 태풍 '하이옌'의 상륙으로 큰 피해를 봤을 때 한국 정부가 재해복구 지원을 위해 아라우부대의 파병을 결정한 것도 최종 수출계약 성사에 기여한 것으로 알려졌다.
 
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