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Eight companies in bid to purchase patrol aircraft
FROM four to eight -- there are now eight competing firms for the P5.9-billion acquisition contract on long-range patrol aircraft, the Defense department said.
BusinessWorld reported in June the four companies that have signified interest in this bidding -- Canadian firm Field Aviation Ltd., Israeli defense contractors Elbit Systems Ltd. and Elta Systems Ltd., and European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company-Construcciones Aeronautics SA Airbus.
Fairly new into this foray are Sweden-based aerospace firm SAAB Defense and Security, Canada-based Bombardier Aerospace, PT Dirgantara Indonesia and American defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Company and L3 Mission Integration.
Lt. Col. Enrico B. Canaya, spokesperson of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said more bidders will give the Philippine military more choices in its procurement of patrol aircraft.
“For now we mostly use the N22-Nomad. But really, for patrol operations, we can use any of the available aircraft that we have,” Mr. Canaya said.
The PAF has at least three N22-Nomad aircraft in its arsenal. The N-22 Nomad is a transport and patrol aircraft utilized in missions with short takeoff and landing areas. -- Alden M. Monzon
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Nation&title=Other-Stories-(07/30/14)&id=91775
FROM four to eight -- there are now eight competing firms for the P5.9-billion acquisition contract on long-range patrol aircraft, the Defense department said.
BusinessWorld reported in June the four companies that have signified interest in this bidding -- Canadian firm Field Aviation Ltd., Israeli defense contractors Elbit Systems Ltd. and Elta Systems Ltd., and European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company-Construcciones Aeronautics SA Airbus.
Fairly new into this foray are Sweden-based aerospace firm SAAB Defense and Security, Canada-based Bombardier Aerospace, PT Dirgantara Indonesia and American defense contractors Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Company and L3 Mission Integration.
Lt. Col. Enrico B. Canaya, spokesperson of the Philippine Air Force (PAF), said more bidders will give the Philippine military more choices in its procurement of patrol aircraft.
“For now we mostly use the N22-Nomad. But really, for patrol operations, we can use any of the available aircraft that we have,” Mr. Canaya said.
The PAF has at least three N22-Nomad aircraft in its arsenal. The N-22 Nomad is a transport and patrol aircraft utilized in missions with short takeoff and landing areas. -- Alden M. Monzon
http://www.bworldonline.com/content.php?section=Nation&title=Other-Stories-(07/30/14)&id=91775