Regarding what Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said during a recent Television (TV) program about the American Attack Helicopters being too expensive, as far as I know, the United States (US) like other Countries sell their Attack Helicopters as part of a package.
Now they must have a certain minimum package price per aircraft, but up to now I haven’t read anything from them yet on what really is their lowest or minimum package prices for their Attack Helicopters.
However, we may be able to get an idea on what it could be by looking at past offers they made to other countries in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) website.
So what I did was just compare each package for each Helicopter until I came up with the lowest package prices.
* For the AH-1Z Viper, the lowest package price was the one they gave to the Czech Republic in 2019 which was only Usd 51.24 million each. For our budget of Usd 254.9 million, we can buy at least 4 units, maybe 5 if they are willing to lower the price a bit more.
* For the AH-64E Apache, the lowest package price was at Usd 100 million each offered to Egypt in 2018. With our budget of Usd 254.9 million, we can buy only 2 units.
Based on these, it seems that the AH-64E is beyond our reach, unless the US sells them for a much, much cheaper price, or if we will be contented with just having 2 units.
The AH-1Z seems to be still within our reach, if the US is willing to offer us the price they offered to the Czech Republic, and if we will be satisfied with just 4 units. Also, if the US can offer the AH-1Z at a lower price than that so we can buy more, then so much the better.
However, as I have mentioned before, buying from the US comes with their own issues also, like their constant meddling with our Political Affairs, their tendency to use Spare Parts Supply as a Political Pawn, etc.
SOURCES:
* Czech Republic – AH-1Z Attack Helicopters
* Egypt – AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and Support
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Now they must have a certain minimum package price per aircraft, but up to now I haven’t read anything from them yet on what really is their lowest or minimum package prices for their Attack Helicopters.
However, we may be able to get an idea on what it could be by looking at past offers they made to other countries in the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) website.
So what I did was just compare each package for each Helicopter until I came up with the lowest package prices.
* For the AH-1Z Viper, the lowest package price was the one they gave to the Czech Republic in 2019 which was only Usd 51.24 million each. For our budget of Usd 254.9 million, we can buy at least 4 units, maybe 5 if they are willing to lower the price a bit more.
* For the AH-64E Apache, the lowest package price was at Usd 100 million each offered to Egypt in 2018. With our budget of Usd 254.9 million, we can buy only 2 units.
Based on these, it seems that the AH-64E is beyond our reach, unless the US sells them for a much, much cheaper price, or if we will be contented with just having 2 units.
The AH-1Z seems to be still within our reach, if the US is willing to offer us the price they offered to the Czech Republic, and if we will be satisfied with just 4 units. Also, if the US can offer the AH-1Z at a lower price than that so we can buy more, then so much the better.
However, as I have mentioned before, buying from the US comes with their own issues also, like their constant meddling with our Political Affairs, their tendency to use Spare Parts Supply as a Political Pawn, etc.
SOURCES:
* Czech Republic – AH-1Z Attack Helicopters
* Egypt – AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopters and Related Equipment and Support
Check out my Links: https://linktr.ee/rhk111
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