The PAF Bids and Awards Committee has allocated the sum of
PHP13,463,196.31 for the acquisition of spare parts needed for the maintenance
of the avionic systems of its South Korean-made FA-50PH "Fighting
Eagle" light-interim jet aircraft.
Pre-bid conference is scheduled on Wednesday, 9:00 a.m. at
the PAF Procurement Center Conference Room, Villamor Air Base, Pasay City
While submission and opening of bids is on Aug. 9, 9:00 a.m.
at the same venue.
"The pre-bidding conference shall be open to all interested
parties who have purchased the bidding documents," PAF BAC chair Brig.
Gen. Nicolas Parilla said in a bid bulletin posted at the Philippine Government
Electronic Procurement System.
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
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=907026
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