Philippines Signals That It Will Not Buy South Korean Surion Helicopter

It looks like the ROK will not be selling its Surion helicopter to the Philippines:

Korea’s prospects of selling its first homegrown helicopter, the Surion, to the Philippines are dimming as the island country inclines toward buying a tried-and-tested U.S. model instead. 
A high-ranking military officer here said Tuesday, “The Philippine government gave higher grades to the U.S.’ UH-60 Blackhawk than the Surion in fuselage evaluations. We’re trying hard to sweeten the deal by adding more incentives, but it looks like everything is pretty much set.”
Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said the country concluded that purchasing Blackhawks is the “best option.”

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Mcgeehee
Mcgeehee
7 years ago

‘Murica!

Flyingsword
Flyingsword
7 years ago

Calling it home grow is a really a fabrication (lie). Basically a reworked Super Puma.

Maui
Maui
7 years ago

Wonder if this was an issue. On the 17th of July 2018 a South Korean MUH-1 Marineon crashed when its main rotor detached killing 5 and seriously injuring 1, it also burst into flames on impact after the small 10m fall while it was supposedly engineered to withstand falls from much greater heights before combusting.

Ole Tanker
Ole Tanker
7 years ago

Philipnes=girls, we need more space:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N1o8zQGmTI

setnaffa
setnaffa
7 years ago

Tanker, why you spreadin’ hate?

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