Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana told BernarNews in an exclusive that the American AH-1Z Viper and AH-64E Apache Helicopters were considered by the Philippine Air Force (PAF), but found them to be too expensive.
Quoting Lorenzana’s Text Message, “It was being considered by the PAF [Philippine Air Force] but it is so expensive they opted instead to consider other attack helicopters”.
As I previously posted, the budget discussed publicly for the Philippines’ Attack Helicopter Program back in 2018 was set at only Php 13.8 billion or Usd 270 million at the Exchange Rate of Usd 1 = Php 51.
The American’s offer for half a dozen helicopters with Weapons, Spares, etc. was Usd 450 million for the Viper and Usd 1.5 billion for the Apache as revealed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Website recently.
SOURCES: US moving to sell 6 Attack Helicopters to Philippines
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Quoting Lorenzana’s Text Message, “It was being considered by the PAF [Philippine Air Force] but it is so expensive they opted instead to consider other attack helicopters”.
As I previously posted, the budget discussed publicly for the Philippines’ Attack Helicopter Program back in 2018 was set at only Php 13.8 billion or Usd 270 million at the Exchange Rate of Usd 1 = Php 51.
The American’s offer for half a dozen helicopters with Weapons, Spares, etc. was Usd 450 million for the Viper and Usd 1.5 billion for the Apache as revealed by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Website recently.
SOURCES: US moving to sell 6 Attack Helicopters to Philippines
Check out my Links: https://linktr.ee/rhk111
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