KAI deliveres
20 military trainer aircraft to Peru
Posted April.
10, 2017 07:11,
Updated April.
10, 2017 08:54
The Korea
Aerospace Industries (KAI) has completed the delivery of all 20 KT-1P military
trainer aircraft (photo), which was developed by its own technology for export.
An event to
celebrate the final delivery of KT-1P aircraft was held on Friday (local time)
in Las Palmas Air Base, Peru, the South Korean aircraft maker said on Sunday.
Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Defense Minister Jorge Nieto
Montesinos, KAI President Ha Sung-yong, and Korean ambassador to Peru Jang Keun-ho
attended the event.
KAI signed a
contract for export of KT-1P with Peru, which was worth at approximately 200
million U.S. dollars in 2012. Among the total 20 units, four units were built
in Korea and 16 were produced in a local joint assembly line in Peru. KT-1P is
a multipurpose aircraft developed by improving fighting equipment and military
capability based on basic trainer its KT-1 and armed trainer KA-1, both of
which were developed with Korea’s own technology. The KT-1Ps delivered this
time will replace aging EMB-312, MB-399 aircraft, which are currently in
service with Peru.
"We hope
that KT-1P, developed by KAI’s technology, can contribute to reinforce the
military capability of the Peruvian Air Force," KAI President Ha Sung-yong
said.
KAI expects that
the successful delivery of aircraft to Peru this time will have a positive
effect on other projects to export its KT-1 basic trainers and T-50 advanced
trainer jects that the company is developing with other countries.
Eun-Taek Lee nabi@donga.com
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