The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is allocating the sum of
PHP37,602,175.63 for service providers capable of repairing and overhauling the
engine assy for the use of its brand-new South Korean-made FA-50PH
light-interim fighter jet aircraft.
Pre-bid conference is on Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. at the PAF
Procurement Center Conference Room, Villamor Air Base, Air Force bids and
awards committee chair Brig. Gen. Nicolas Parilla said.
While submission and opening of bids is on July 8, 9:00 a.m.
at the same venue.
The PAF's first two FA-50PH jet aircraft arrived in the Philippines
The FA-50PHs has a top speed of Mach 1.5 or one and a half
times the speed of sound and is capable of being fitted air-to-air missiles,
including the AIM-9 "Sidewinder" air-to-air and heat-seeking missiles
aside from light automatic cannons.
It will act as the country's interim fighter until the Philippines
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI)'s FA-50PH design is largely
derived from the F-16 "Fighting Falcon", and they have many
similarities: use of a single engine, speed, size, cost, and the range of
weapons.
KAI's previous engineering experience in license-producing
the KF-16 was a starting point for the development of the FA-50PH.
The aircraft can carry two pilots in tandem seating. The
high-mounted canopy developed by Hankuk Fiber is applied with stretched
acrylic, providing the pilots with good visibility, and has been tested to
offer the canopy with ballistic protection against four-pound objects impacting
at 400 knots.
The altitude limit is 14,600 meters (48,000 feet), and
airframe is designed to last 8,000 hours of service.
There are seven internal fuel tanks with capacity of 2,655
liters (701 US
An additional 1,710 liters (452 US
Trainer variants have a paint scheme of white and red, and aerobatic
variants white, black, and yellow.
The FA-50PH uses a single General Electric F404-102 turbofan
engine license-produced by Samsung Techwin, upgraded with a full authority
digital engine control system jointly developed by General Electric and KAI.
The engine consists of three-staged fans, seven axial stage
arrangement, and an afterburner.
Its engine produces a maximum of 78.7 kN (17,700 lbf) of
thrust with afterburner.
http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?idn=1&sid=&nid=1&rid=894864
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