Dassault Rafale, tender | News & Discussions

[Emmie]

Hahahaha!!! That's the $12 BILLION Dollar question!!

I mean what is the intend among common Indians..

 

[Abingdonboy]

I mean what is the intend among common Indians..

Tbh mate it seems going by polls on certain forums and viewing comments to be around 50:50. Just look back through this thread, you will see a pretty even split between EFT and Rafele- and even a few who still hold out for late revival of fallen 4!!

 

[illusion8]

Tbh mate it seems going by polls on certain forums and viewing comments to be around 50:50. Just look back through this thread, you will see a pretty even split between EFT and Rafele- and even a few who still hold out for late revival of fallen 4!!

so a coin toss will be a good idea

 

[Vimana]

This same story was run by the Telegraph back in 2010 and all they did was repost it!

 

[Bl[i]tZ]

NEW DELHI — India's Defence Ministry has invited the two rivals for a $12 billion jet fighter contract -- France's Dassault and the European Eurofighter consortium -- to unveil their bids next week.

The Dassault group is hoping to secure the contract for 126 jets, one of the largest military contracts of recent years, with its Rafale fighter which has yet to find any foreign buyers.

A source for the French firm, who declined to be identified, said it was unclear how quickly the winning bid to supply the 126 jet fighters would be announced.

The source said it would reveal its bid on November 4.

"It could be settled in one day or it could take months if the (price) gap is narrow," the source said.

The Rafale and the Eurofighter Typhoon were shortlisted for the contract in April, beating fierce competition from US giants Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

Other bidders included Sweden's Saab AB and the Russian makers of the MiG 35.

The Eurofighter is made by the four-nation European Aeronautic Defence & Space consortium, representing Germany and Spain, Britain's BAE Systems and Italy's Finmeccanica.

The contract includes the outright purchase of 18 combat aircraft by 2012 with another 108 to be built in India.


India, the biggest importer of military hardware among emerging nations, issued the initial tender in 2007 and trials of the aircraft competing for the deal began a year later.

The procurement of the fighter jets is a key part of New Delhi's military modernisation programme, aimed at securing its borders against its traditional and emerging rivals Pakistan and China.

International consultancy firm KPMG estimates New Delhi will hand out military contracts worth $112 billion by 2016.

AFP: India to open rival bids for $12 bn fighter deal

 

[nomi007]

now a day i m playing hawx1 in which i m flying both jets
i feel both have same capabilities but Rafael shape is better than ef-2000

sir before flying a jets pilots are trained on simulators of jets
like hawx and ace combat
and the jets are in these games are close to reality

 

[SpArK]

4 days to go

 

[drunken-monke]

Well its unlikely to have a very narrow gap between the prices of both fighter jets. Hence we can expect the fast track deal (if possible). But the question still remains unclear that, what would be gap between price tag of both fighter, and what would be the range of gap for taking the fast decision.

 

[Zarvan]

Sir when on earth you will finally order these 126 planes ?

 

[kaykay]

Sir when on earth you will finally order these 126 planes ?

very soon ji......itna intazaar kar liya thoda aur kar lo

 

[Mirza Jatt]

if you give up the hope now..then it will be prove the saying...

"hathi nikal gaya...poonch reh gayi"

 

[rockstarIN]

4 days to go

Will they release the lowest bidder details to public on 4th?

 

[Jerico]

Count down begins.....tik tik tik....

 

[CorporateAffairs]

Sir when on earth you will finally order these 126 planes ?

 

[Paan Singh]

they are sitting on files and plz continue to do so..