{"id":240252,"date":"2019-12-17T01:42:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-17T06:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=240252"},"modified":"2019-12-17T01:42:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T06:42:58","slug":"paf-evaluating-2-aircraft-types-for-multi-role-fighter-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/12\/17\/paf-evaluating-2-aircraft-types-for-multi-role-fighter-project\/","title":{"rendered":"PAF evaluating 2 aircraft types for multi-role fighter project"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— The Philippine Air Force (PAF) is currently evaluating two aircraft for its multi-role fighter (MRF) project, Department of National Defense (DND) Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said Monday night.<\/p>\n

“One of the aircraft being evaluated is from Sweden (the Saab JAS 39 ‘Gripen) and the other is the American (General Dynamics) F-16 (V),” Lorenzana said when sought for updates on the MRF which is being eyed to beef up the country’s air defense system.<\/p>\n

He did not give additional details on the process.<\/p>\n

The Swedish-made ‘Gripen’ is a light single-engine MRF capable of speeds up to Mach 2.0. It is armed with a 20mm automatic cannon and is capable of carrying a variety of rockets, bombs, missiles and surveillance equipment.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the American F-16V has a top speed of Mach 2.0, can also carry an assortment of bombs and missiles and sensors and armed with a 20mm cannon.<\/p>\n

The MRF is part of Horizon Two of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program slated for 2018 to 2022, which aims to acquire more equipment for external defense.<\/p>\n

Any aircraft that will be selected must be able to integrate with existing radar systems that have a range of around 250 nautical miles.<\/p>\n

Once these MRFs are acquired, the PAF, with the help of these radar systems, can be deployed to determine whether the aircraft flying in Philippine airspace is friendly or hostile.<\/p>\n

These proposed MRFs are expected to augment the existing fleet of 12 South Korean-made Mach 1.5 capable FA-50PH jet aircraft acquired from 2015 to 2017 by the PAF as its first supersonic aircraft after the decommissioning its Northrop F-5 “Tiger” jet fighters in 2005.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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