Russia’s Yak-130 Joins Philippine Combat Trainer Tender
Russia
has decided to join a tender on the delivery of six light fighter jets
to the Philippines with its new Yakovlev Yak-130 Mitten combat trainer,
state-run arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.
“We
are taking part in the Philippine tender with the Yak-130 aircraft,”
deputy general director of Rosoboronexport, Viktor Komardin, said at the
Defense Services Asia-2012 arms show in Malaysia.
The
tender for six aircraft to replace the retired U.S.-built Northrop F-5A
Tiger fighters was announced last year. The results will be made public
in two to three months, the Russian official said. Two rival designs,
the Italian Alenia Aermacchi M-346 and South Korea's KAI TA-50, are also
competing in the tender
The
Philippines is a new market for Russian arms exporters. Manila used to
order military equipment mainly from the United States.
“We
regard this tender as an opportunity to expand our influence in the
region and to demonstrate the capabilities of our military equipment,”
Komardin said.
The
Yak-130 is a highly maneuverable aircraft with an extended range of
about 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles) and a maximum speed of 1,060 km/h
(600 m/h) in level flight. It can carry a combat payload of up to 3,000
kilograms (6,600 pounds), consisting of a variety of Russian and Western
developed weapons.
The Yak-130 has been chosen as a basic aircraft for Russian Air Force pilot training. First deliveries started in 2009.
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