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Chindits: Exclusive: MoD Zeroes In On Hawk Mk-132 To Be Produced By HAL Under License, Awaits CCS, MoF Clearance
The 57 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), the Hawk Mk-132 from the BAE Systems of UK, the deal which was held up earlier over price, has been cleared by the commercial negotiation committee (CNC) of the Ministry of Defence and has sent the Rs 9400 crore deal to the Ministry of Finance, before it goes to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
As per the deal Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), will make the aircraft under license production with BAE and Rolls Royce of UK, where BAE will provide the avionics and Rolls Royce will give the engine for the aircraft, of which 40 are for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and 17 for the Indian Navy.
The deal has to be cleared by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), which is likely this month, after which the CCS approval will come. The contract falls under Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2006, in the category 'Buy and Make', though the request for information (RFI) was sent to six vendors across the globe by the MoD, which are the Czech-built Aero Vodochody L-159 Alca (advanced light combat aircraft), Alenia Aermachhi M-346, Russian MiG AT and YAK-130, American Lockheed Martin T-50 Golden Eagle, and the UK BAE Systems for its new variant of the Hawk, which is Hawk-128. But the Hawk Mk-132 was shortlisted, which is already in the inventory of the IAF, as per an old contract for 66 aircraft, of which BAE has supplied 24 and the remaining 42 to be made by HAL under license
The 57 Advanced Jet Trainers (AJT), the Hawk Mk-132 from the BAE Systems of UK, the deal which was held up earlier over price, has been cleared by the commercial negotiation committee (CNC) of the Ministry of Defence and has sent the Rs 9400 crore deal to the Ministry of Finance, before it goes to the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
As per the deal Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), will make the aircraft under license production with BAE and Rolls Royce of UK, where BAE will provide the avionics and Rolls Royce will give the engine for the aircraft, of which 40 are for the Indian Air Force (IAF) and 17 for the Indian Navy.
The deal has to be cleared by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), which is likely this month, after which the CCS approval will come. The contract falls under Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP)-2006, in the category 'Buy and Make', though the request for information (RFI) was sent to six vendors across the globe by the MoD, which are the Czech-built Aero Vodochody L-159 Alca (advanced light combat aircraft), Alenia Aermachhi M-346, Russian MiG AT and YAK-130, American Lockheed Martin T-50 Golden Eagle, and the UK BAE Systems for its new variant of the Hawk, which is Hawk-128. But the Hawk Mk-132 was shortlisted, which is already in the inventory of the IAF, as per an old contract for 66 aircraft, of which BAE has supplied 24 and the remaining 42 to be made by HAL under license
