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Rostec Russia delivers Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters to the MoD of Peru

190th Anniversary of Battle of Ayacucho and Peru Army Day. December 9, 2014

Peruvian Army takes delivery of four Mi-171Sh transport helicopters from Russian Helicopters

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Four Mi-171Sh military transport helicopters have been delivered to Peruvian Army by Russian Helicopters on 3 December. The aircraft will now undergo final acceptance testing before being cleared for service with the Peruvian Army.

Russian Helicopters is working with partner Rosoboronexport to supply 24 Mi-171Sh helicopters to Peruvian Army under a contract signed in 2013. A Further four aircraft are scheduled for delivery during 2014, with the remainder to follow in 2015.

Peru receives deliveries of 4 Mi-171Sh helicopters

Russian Helicopters has handed over the first batch of four Mil Mi-171Sh transport utility rotorcraft to Peru Army. Part of a 24-unit order placed by the Latin American nation in December 2013, the helicopters were handed over a month ahead of schedule.

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Peruvian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea del Perú - FAP) receives first two of 20 KAI KT-1P trainers

Photo: Presidencia Perú

Translated from spanish
Since the Italian Caproni were assembled in the '30s, an aircraft is not riding in Peru. More than 80 years later, Maintenance Service Air Force of Peru (Seman), pursuant to an agreement with the South Korean state-owned Korean Aircraft Industry (KAI), coupled two aircraft training KT-1P.The machines are part of a batch of 20 units purchased the Executive through the modality of government to government for more than $ 150 million amount.Although its primary function is instruction and training, aircraft KT-1P is equipped to perform certain actions of attack, so its design includes five points to provide equipment and weapons.

The first two units were presented in the Las Palmas Air Base (Furrow), in a ceremony that led the head of state , Ollanta Humala, accompanied by Defense Minister Peter Cateriano, and the president of the company KAI, Ha Sung Yong.Humala stressed that Peru-South Korean co-production of the KT-1 aircraft is part of the National Plan for Productive Diversification and represents a new form of procurement of equipment for the defense because the officers and technicians are able to participate in the process of co-production .For its part, the general commander of the PAF, Air Force General Jaime Figueroa, said the KT-1P will be useful for drug and counter-terrorism operations in the Valley of the Apurimac River, Ene and Mantaro (Vraem), where walkers and drug traffickers engaged in the production of cocaine. "The aircraft can be used as tactical air support patrols deployed in the Vraem" said Jaime Figueroa.

As part of the contract with KAI six PAF pilots were trained in South Korea to fly the KT-1P. They now instruct their peers in managing the machine.It is estimated that by December this year will be assembled two aircraft KT-1P and delivery of 20 units will be completed November 2016.The KT-1P were selected through a tender process in 2012 to replace the Brazilian Tucano aircraft that had completed 25 years of life.South Korean aircraft will serve to overcome the shortage of instructional units facing the FAP long.

Russia's MiG hopes to sign contract with Peru on advanced MiG-35 fighter supplies

Russia’s aircraft manufacturer RSK-MiG hopes to sign a contract with Peru on supplies of advanced MiG-35 fighter jets, the corporation’s director-general, Sergei Korotkov, said on Monday.“We hope that Peru will purchase new jets. This is our priority. Now they are working out this issue because they understand that the aircraft manufactured 20-26 years ago end the service due to service life rate," Korotkov said.

He declined to specify when the contract might be signed. Korotkov said the contract would include “more than 10 jets”.Peru is considering proposals from several countries, he said, adding that it had rejected several ones to “more closely” study the MiG’s.This year the corporation will conclude a deal for upgrading the second batch of MiG-29 fighters, Korotkov said.According to open sources’ data, at present, Peru’s Armed Forces have 15 MiG-29 fighters of modified versions. All jets were manufactured at the end of 1980’s.The MiG-35C fighter jet is a fourth-generation multirole aircraft and a further development of the MiG-29K and MiG-29M.

Peruvian navy UNITAS 2014 Comes to a Close

Naval forces from 14 partner nations concluded UNITAS 2014, the 55th annual multinational maritime exercise, Sept. 26 in Callao, Peru, near Lima.

UNITAS 2014 was hosted by the Peruvian navy, and included 20 ships/patrol craft, submarines, helicopters maritime patrol and tactical aircraft and naval forces from the United States, Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico. Personnel from Argentina, Brazil, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, Italy, Panama, United Kingdom and New Zealand also participated in the exercise.
UNITAS, the longest-running exercise of its type in the world, has evolved over the years and now includes training for many of the threats encountered in the 21st-century maritime environment, along with essential seamanship and navigational skills that are core competencies for maritime services in the Americas.

This year’s exercise was conducted in two phases. The first phase included a full range of seamanship drills and experiences, including maritime operations, electronic warfare, anti-air warfare and air defense, anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare and maritime interdiction operations. The second phase was a simulated at-sea war game to test all of the skills that were used and defined in the first phase.The U.S. Navy’s 4th Fleet was represented by USS Ingraham (FFG 61), USCGC Sherman (WHEC 720) and other naval units, including Patrol Squadron 10 (VP-10) and Destroyer Squadron 40.

Peru to Get 8 Russian Military Helicopters in November

Peru's Air Force will receive a delivery of eight new Russian-made helicopters in November, with an additional 16 to come in 2015, Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano said.The Mi-171Sh multi-purpose helicopters were sold to Peru in a $406 million deal in December, and are likely to replace the eight Mi-17 transport helicopters that were sold to Peru in 1984, the Jane's Defence military news website reported Tuesday.

The Peruvian government has set aside $11 million to repair and refit the three Mi-171s it bought in 2010, and an additional $2.8 million to overhaul the presidential transport Mi-17-1B.Under the terms of December's contract, Russia will build a maintenance and repair center for the helicopters in Peru by 2016. Peru will be able to offer the services of this center to other countries in the region that own Russian helicopters and aircraft like the Su-25 fighter jet, Lenta.ru reported.


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France, Peru Sign Bilateral Agreement for Airbus Spy Satellite

Peru's defense ministry has awarded a contract to Airbus Defence and Space for construction and launch of Lima's first Earth observation satellite, according to the French defense ministry.
The bilateral agreement signed April 24 between Peru and France covers supply of the optical high-resolution spacecraft, a ground control segment for data reception and image processing, as well as a comprehensive training program.

Peru's investment in the project amounts to €150 million ($207 million). The satellite is expected to be launched in 2016.
France says the deal has been in the works since November 2013, when Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian met with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala during a visit to Lima.

“The willingness of France to develop the strategic partnership with Peru has been the subject of ongoing contacts between the two governments,” the French defense ministry said in an April 24 statement, citing a May 2013 visit to Peru by Kader Arif, head of France's ministry of veterans affairs.