{"id":321,"date":"2014-10-19T01:54:31","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T22:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=321"},"modified":"2014-10-19T17:34:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T14:34:44","slug":"s-korean-kai-won-a-contract-to-export-12-fa-50s-to-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"S. Korean KAI won a contract to export 12 FA-50s to the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"

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KAI won a contract to export 12 FA-50s to the Philippines, worthy of $420 million. (Photo by KAI)<\/p><\/div>\n

Shows the competitiveness of the FA-50 aircraft in global market and succeeds in the niche market with its high-performance and low-cost.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd.(KAI) won a contract to export 12 FA-50s to the Philippines for Philippine Air Force’s multi-purpose fighter purchase project in a government-to-government way on March 28th.<\/span><\/p>\n

This contract including training is valued at $420 million and the company will completely deliver 12 aircraft within 38 months after the deal goes into effect.<\/span><\/p>\n

The variant of T-50 family has received 52 orders from the Air Forces of Iraq(24) in 2013, Indonesia(16) in 2011 and the Philippines(12) in 2014.<\/span><\/p>\n

T-50 variant aircraft developed in partnership with Lockheed Martin and in operation in the Republic of Korea Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n

The FA-50 measures 13.13m in length, 9.45m in width and 4.85m in height and is able to fly with a max speed of Mach 1.5 with up to 4,500kg armed weapons loaded in it.<\/span><\/p>\n

FA-50 light attack aircraft, in particular earned KAI recognition for its high-performance and low-cost fighter.<\/span><\/p>\n

KAI is eyeing to further exporting the T-50 variant aircraft to the U.S.A., Botswana, the U.A.E., Thailand and Peru.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source<\/strong>: \u00a0koreaaero.com<\/a> – 28. 03 2014<\/span><\/p>\n

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