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India shops for combat aircraft at Farnborough
FARNBOROUGH: Indian defence authorities, led by Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju, are looking to see the international response to some of the latest multi-role combat aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show here which are being evaluated by India for upgrading its air force.
Pallam Raju is leading the Indian delegation, which includes Defence Production Secretary Raj Kumar Singh and the chief of the Southern Air Command, Air Marshal S. Mukerji.
Actual or close versions of four of the six latest combat aircraft that have completed trials in India and in the country of manufacture are on display at the air show. They are the naval version of the JAS 39 Gripen NG/IN of SAAB, the Swedish aerospace company; the Eurofighter Typhoon made by a European consortium; the F/A-18IN Super Hornet of Boeing and the F-16IN Super Viper of American giant Lockheed Martin.
The Indin Air Force (IAF) had launched the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition for supply of 126 jets. Eighteen will be purchased in fly-away condition and 108 of them will eventually be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The defence ministry has allocated roughly 5.8 billion pounds ($10 billion) for the purchase of these aircraft, which has been touted as India's single largest defence deal ever.
Six aircraft bid for the contract. The remaining two are the Rafale of the French manufacturer Dassault and the Russian Mikoyan MiG-35.
In May 2009, the IAF completed the technical evaluation of all the six fighter jets. Their flight evaluation began in August last year and the evaluation of the last jet, the Gripen, was completed this March.
The Indian defence ministry requested an updated bid in April. The IAF is to complete an evaluation report on the six fighters, probably this month, and the defence ministry will then begin to shortlist them based on the IAF's evaluations.
India shops for combat aircraft at Farnborough-Airlines / Aviation-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
FARNBOROUGH: Indian defence authorities, led by Minister of State for Defence M.M. Pallam Raju, are looking to see the international response to some of the latest multi-role combat aircraft on display at the Farnborough Air Show here which are being evaluated by India for upgrading its air force.
Pallam Raju is leading the Indian delegation, which includes Defence Production Secretary Raj Kumar Singh and the chief of the Southern Air Command, Air Marshal S. Mukerji.
Actual or close versions of four of the six latest combat aircraft that have completed trials in India and in the country of manufacture are on display at the air show. They are the naval version of the JAS 39 Gripen NG/IN of SAAB, the Swedish aerospace company; the Eurofighter Typhoon made by a European consortium; the F/A-18IN Super Hornet of Boeing and the F-16IN Super Viper of American giant Lockheed Martin.
The Indin Air Force (IAF) had launched the medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA) competition for supply of 126 jets. Eighteen will be purchased in fly-away condition and 108 of them will eventually be manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. The defence ministry has allocated roughly 5.8 billion pounds ($10 billion) for the purchase of these aircraft, which has been touted as India's single largest defence deal ever.
Six aircraft bid for the contract. The remaining two are the Rafale of the French manufacturer Dassault and the Russian Mikoyan MiG-35.
In May 2009, the IAF completed the technical evaluation of all the six fighter jets. Their flight evaluation began in August last year and the evaluation of the last jet, the Gripen, was completed this March.
The Indian defence ministry requested an updated bid in April. The IAF is to complete an evaluation report on the six fighters, probably this month, and the defence ministry will then begin to shortlist them based on the IAF's evaluations.
India shops for combat aircraft at Farnborough-Airlines / Aviation-Transportation-News By Industry-News-The Economic Times
