South Korea: 3.7 trillion won required to repair fighter F15K: half of purchase price
–F15K introduced for 7.4 trillion won-
2021/12/20
South Korean Air Force:
In 2005, the South Korean Air Force
For 7.4 trillion won (710 billion yen),
Introduced the fighter F15K.
However,
By 2034
Over 3.7 trillion won (350 billion yen)
It turned out on December 19th that it was considering refurbishment.
Korea Defense Acquisition Program Administration:
According to “‘Opposition, People’s Power’, Documents Submitted to Kang Daesik”
F15K refurbishment costs:
February this year with the US government,
At the cost of improving F15K,
The agreement was reached for 4.3 trillion won (410 billion yen).
This has been reduced to 3.7 trillion won.
Much higher than initially expected:
The initial renovation forecast was over 2 trillion won (190 billion yen).
However, there have been a series of “pointing out that it is very high compared to the initial forecast.”
Cost required for renovation:
It will be 62.7 billion won (6 billion yen) per aircraft.
This is “almost half of the purchase price of 126 billion won (12.1 billion yen)”.
Currently 59 aircraft are in operation:
At that time, there were 61 F15Ks, two of which have crashed so far, and 59 are currently in operation.
F15K performance improvement:
Last year, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration officially announced that it would work on improvements to improve performance.
This is to reinforce the antenna and identification friend or foe.
Weapon performance improvement project:
In the first place, there are no competitors for bidding this time.
Manufacturers have taken advantage of their contractual advantage and have been “pointing out that they have contracted at the asking price” one after another.
Japan shelved refurbishment:
Japan actually owns about 200 old F15Js.
Due to cost issues, the performance improvement was completely reexamined.
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