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Aiel · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore

Indian RFP for 126 fighters approved for release

Release of the India’s long-awaited request for proposals for 126 medium multi-role combat aircraft has been approved by the government’s defence acquisition council.

The RFP is expected to be issued within weeks, launching a competition between European, Russian and US fighter manufacturers for a contract that is expected to be between $8 billion and $10 billion.

India plans to buy 18 aircraft in fly-away condition and manufacture the remaining 108 under license at Hindustan Aeronautics.

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shivendrashukla · Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 10:37 am Post subject:

Finally Some progress here on this front.

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HamiltonAir · Member Joined: 25 Dec 2006 Posts: 937 Location: Bangalore

hmm I dont see any US fighter planes inthe pipe line, look at this:

India plans to buy 18 aircraft in fly-away condition and manufacture the remaining 108 under license at Hindustan Aeronautics.

That excludes US jets for sure, I am sure these people are gonna go for the MIG29 OVT, crap decision if ever they go for it. I would prefer a mixed fleet of US and russian equipment in the airforce.
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Aiel · Member Joined: 19 Dec 2006 Posts: 927 Location: Bangalore

IAF to buy all 126 aircraft from same company

Putting aside rumours of multi-vendor acquisition, the Indian Air Force (IAF) says it will acquire its 126 Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) from a single manufacturer.

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HAWK21M · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 4:08 pm Post subject:

When will the Manufactuer's name be disclosed.
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shivendrashukla · Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 7:09 pm Post subject:

I think Dassault might be on the top now along with MiG's. IAF pilot's are GA GA over Mirage 2000's.

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