Abingdonboy
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Also apparently civil airlines are watching where this deal goes.
I have some doubts on that, once because BSF already has their fixedwing aircrafts and they already decided for the C295, which means they have only an importance if the C295 would win in IAF as well. Secondly, aircrafts like the C295 or C27J are not interesting for civil airlines, since they wouldn't need a ramp or certain capabilities that are important for the forces. So if there would be a relation, only the AN 140 and the Saab 2000 would be options and by the fact that MoD is actually struggeling to get privat firms interested, since the order of 56 is reportedly too low for them to be cost-effective, it shows that there is currently no talk about 3 or even 4 times the requirements from MoD. Even these high numbers are questionable, since except of IAF, most forces don't require more than 10 to 15 aircrafts (and I am pretty sure them some of those you mentioned won't get it for sure), so hitting 100 would be difficult enough.
If there would be such a big requirement, they would go for more MTAs anyway, because that is still our (partner) development, which obviously should gain the most benefits and orders, with a foreign aircraft build under licence in smaller numbers.
This is just what he told me bro- I can't validate it obviously but he has given me such info in the past and it has, more often than not, turned out to be right on the money. But talking specifically about your point that the MoD is struggling to get Indian pvt players on board. From what he tells me this is waaaayyy off the mark. In fact A LOT of Indian pvt entities have shown some serious interest in this deal- and not just the usual players.
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IAF's first C-17 handed over to the IAF: