South Korea Wants $400M Tech Transfer for Supply of 12 New Anti-Submarine Warfare Choppers
South Korea plans to purchase 12 anti-submarine warfare helicopters for $780 million of which it wants the foreign contract to part with technology or other benefits worth $400 million.
"(We) plan to push for an offset package with the size of around $400 million," the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) was quoted by Yonhap Wednesday, as it began a search for domestic firms to join the program.
If selected, they will receive technology transfer or military equipment export support in the envisioned quid pro quo agreement, the news agency reported.
South Korea has already bought eight AW-159 shipborne anti-submarine helicopters, also known as Wildcats.
The agency plans to open a bid for the acquisition project next year so that the Navy can deploy new choppers starting in 2020.
Leonardo Helicopters, the manufacturer of the AW-159, hopes for a repeat order. Other candidate models include Sikorsky's MH-60R and NHIndustries' NH-90.
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Payload Ceiling Removed on South Korean Ballistic Missiles
November 7, 2017 @ 10:30 AMUS and South Korea have reached a final agreement on removing the limit on the payload of South Korean ballistic missiles. The agreement came at a bilateral summit between the two presidents, Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump at the South Korean presidential office Cheong Wa Dae,
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South Korea Live-fires Cheongung Anti-Aircraft Missiles
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South Korea’s Latest Warship is ‘No Jeok’
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South Korean Navy’s New Patrol Boat to Counter North’s ‘Infiltration Force’ ...
October 30, 2017 @ 05:51 AMThe South Korean Navy will receive the first of several new generation high-speed patrol boats for operation near the border with North Korea in the Yellow Sea. The new 230-ton patrol killer medium rocket ship will be delivered in a ceremony to be held at Busan shipyard of Hanjin Heavy Industries later today, according to the South Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration officials quoted in the Korean media
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Lack of US-made Components May Delay South Korea's Newest Missile System
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South Korea Launches Ballistic-missile Launching Submarine
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South Korea, Denmark to Test ‘Maritime Cloud’ Safety and Communication System
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South Korean Army Test Fires Hellfire Guided Missiles from Apache Helicopters
November 14, 2017 @ 10:06 AMThe South Korean Army carried out an air-to-surface missile firing exercise using eight Apache attack helicopters on Monday. Each of the copters fired one Hellfire guided missile at a shooting range in the waters off the western coastal city of Gunsan, according to the Army,
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South Korean Surion Helicopters to Face Icing Test in Michigan from December...
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