India selects EF, Rafale for MMRCA shortlist

[GORKHALI]

 

[Roybot]

 

[Roybot]

Sancho I am calling you out Troll..

show me something simmilar to this in Rafale


I doubt you´ll find a picture of Sawtoothed Rafale Parts

 

[sudhir007]

 

[IND151]

Does this report mean that these two are shortlisted or that they were the only two whose bids were expiring thus the request to extend? Maybe the others' bids are not expiring. I ask having read quite few such reports which do not seem to understand the overall process of this bid (neither do I thus I ask).

Aside from that, IAF would be the only ones flying the Rafale aside from the ADA. Diseconomies of scale come to mind with the Rafale. If IAF does go the route of Rafale with such a large order, it may entice other like Brazilians to consider it as well (along with the UAE). However the risk of only two operators and dealing with the French post sale would require some guarantees. Typhoon would offer some more flexibility here but in the end I think IAF know what they want and the GoI would have to handle the dealings with the French.

i was also thinking same. i think Brazil is waiting for result of mrca. if rafale wins, Brazil may buy rafale cause then Brazil wont be alone operator of rafale hence reduction in cost per unit.

 

[kingdurgaking]

he is the one that stated the Rafale uses Sawtoothed panels

if we show the picture containing saw tooth panel in Rafale will you dip your head in hot coal thar??

 

[kingdurgaking]

ho man why did you post them.. we could have played a game with localocal....

 

[Roybot]

ho man why did you post them.. we could have played a game with localocal....

I can't stand bs for too long. Simples

 

[sudhir007]

India fighter jet deal a missed opportunity: US - The Economic Times

The US says India's rejection of American bids for a multibillion dollar contract to supply fighter jets was a missed opportunity to deepen defense ties and share advanced technology.

Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake said Friday the US was puzzled and "deeply disappointed" by the decision announced last month.

Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin were both bidding for a slice of the $11 billion Indian deal to supply 126 jets.

German consortium Eurofighter Typhoon and the French company Dassault Aviation have been shortlisted for the contract.

Blake told a seminar at the Center for Strategic and International Studies that the U.S. had viewed the contract as "a strategic opportunity to really take our defense partnership to the next level."

 

[localoca]

if we show the picture containing saw tooth panel in Rafale will you dip your head in hot coal thar??

Yes...

 

[localoca]

I can't stand bs for too long. Simples

I stand corrected, but why some panels are sawtoothed and some clearly not?

 

[Storm Force]

GOD ALIMIGHTY THE RAFALE LOOKS AWESOME IN FLIGHT

This will look incredible with su30mki in IAF from 2014 onwards

 

[SpArK]

Rafale pictures of the day : New aircrafts delivered​

Saturday, May, 2011

Rafale C130 during a reception flight at Bordeau Merignac - ©Frenchskies - May 9th 2011
Note the single centerline 2000L tank which is the usual loadout for reception flights.

Rafale M32 spotted at Landivisiau Naval Base - ©Azraelle - May 5th 2011​

 

[SpArK]

Dominique Sébastien turns the stick putting Rafale in a roll giving back-seater Shiv Aroor a birds-eye view of the Yelahanka township below. [Aero India 2011]​

 

[SpArK]

F-16E/F Block 60 at the sight of a Rafale

Super Hornet F-18E/F at the sight of a Rafale

Eurofighter Typhoon at the sight of a Rafale

Eurofighter Typhoon again at the sight of a Rafale