Uh-oh, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana himself has come out to deny that there is an impending deal for the Philippines to buy Mi-17 Hip Helicopters from Russia.
Lorenzana said during his interview with the Business Mirror that:
* There is no Contract yet nor will any be signed during President Rodrigo Duterte's trip to Russia.
* The Philippine Air Force (PAF) wants to get the Mi-17.
* However, he also said that "our Technical Working Group (TWG)" is still studying it.
Looking at the Business Mirror's initial report a couple of days ago about the supposed Mi-17 deal, they didn't cite any sources then, meaning that their sources wanted to remain anonymous.
From his statements, it seems that the PAF wanted the aircraft, but the DND's TWG is still considering the aircraft as of now.
With this development, I think it is better to just let the government work out among themselves how they want to go about this. I only hope that they will be transparent and provide regular updates to the public.
So that's it, folks, contrary to the previous report by Business Mirror itself, it looks like the Mi-17 deal with Russia is still a big question mark.
SOURCE: No rush to buy Russian Choppers, Lorenzana says
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Lorenzana said during his interview with the Business Mirror that:
* There is no Contract yet nor will any be signed during President Rodrigo Duterte's trip to Russia.
* The Philippine Air Force (PAF) wants to get the Mi-17.
* However, he also said that "our Technical Working Group (TWG)" is still studying it.
Looking at the Business Mirror's initial report a couple of days ago about the supposed Mi-17 deal, they didn't cite any sources then, meaning that their sources wanted to remain anonymous.
From his statements, it seems that the PAF wanted the aircraft, but the DND's TWG is still considering the aircraft as of now.
With this development, I think it is better to just let the government work out among themselves how they want to go about this. I only hope that they will be transparent and provide regular updates to the public.
So that's it, folks, contrary to the previous report by Business Mirror itself, it looks like the Mi-17 deal with Russia is still a big question mark.
SOURCE: No rush to buy Russian Choppers, Lorenzana says
Check out my Links: https://linktr.ee/rhk111
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