ADAS 2018: Philippines launches amphibious aircraft tender
The Philippines is on the lookout for a single multipurpose amphibious aircraft for use by the Naval Air Group of the Philippine Navy (PN). The Department of National Defense launched a tender last week.
This project under Horizon 2 (covering the 2018-22 timeframe) of the armed forces’ modernisation plan has been granted a budget of PHP1.333 billion ($25 million). The aircraft will perform missions such as maritime surveillance and search and rescue.
After a contract is signed, the DND requires delivery of the amphibian within 730 days. As is normal for Philippine defence procurements, the successful bidder will have delivered
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