SAAB-2000 has handed over to PAF

[Myth_buster_1]

Great pictures. Thank you very much sir.

EDIT: Any news on the AEW? they were also scheduled for delivery within this time frame.

yes they are on schedule.
first AEW&CS will arrive in pak in mid of 2009
IOC 3rd quarter of 2009
FOC 4th quarter of 2009

 

[policecontrolroom]

Saab ties up with Tata to develop fighter jet
(AFP) – Feb 9, 2009
BANGALORE, India (AFP) — Swedish aeronautics maker Saab said Monday it had tied up with India's Tata group to develop a new variant of its Gripen fighter jet as it pitches for a 12-billion-dollar deal from New Delhi.
Saab executive Kjell Moller said the tie-up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was not only aimed at jointly developing the Gripen but also at getting a chance at the biggest fighter jet deal in the world in years.
The Swedish company is competing with firms from Russia, Europe and the United States to sell 126 warplanes to the Indian air force.
India, which will begin trials in April of the shortlisted jets including the Gripen, has said it will buy about two dozen units in flyaway condition and manufacture the remaining 100 or so planes at a local state-run facility here.
"We will transfer technology and competencies to TCS, which will play a key role in the development of the next-generation Gripen and other products," Moller said ahead of the air show this week in Bangalore.
"The contract will continue irrespective of us getting the Indian order," the Saab vice president said.
US-based Lockheed Martin's F-16 and Boeing's F-18 Superhornet have emerged as the front-runners for the Indian contract, industry sources said.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) has offered its Typhoon Eurofighter and France's Dassault, which makes the Mirage, has put forward its Rafale.
Russian manufacturers of the MiG-35 and MiG-29 are also in the race along with Saab.
The Indian air force -- the fourth largest in the world -- has 51 Mirage-2000 war planes made by Dassault with electronics from Thales that need a major upgrade

Saab and Tata form joint venture to build... a fighter jet?! — Autoblog


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TATA buys corus steel becomes 5th largest group.

TATA buys tetley and is second largest producer of tea



So my question is when is TATA going to buy the swedish firm which sold awacs to Pakistan???



already its car manufacturing company is in trouble
Saab has filed for bankruptcy protection today after losses threatened its survival.

The carmaker, owned by America's General Motors and famous for comparing its saloons to fighter jets, said that it would file for a reorganisation plan, a Swedish legal procedure which safeguards its assets from creditors.

Yesterday it was reported that General Motors was prepared to pump in $400 million to help Saab to become profitable if the Swedish Government guaranteed to match its stake.

Unnamed sources told Dagens Industri, a Swedish daily newspaper, that the American company had made an offer to put 3.5 billion Swedish kronor (£280 million) into the firm if the Swedish Government guaranteed a 5.2 billion kronor loan to Saab.

Part of the money would be used to launch new models and part to cover the loss made by Saab last year. The goal is to help it to reach annual sales of between 120,000 and 130,000 vehicles, which would make the carmaker profitable by 2011 or 2012, the paper reported.

GM said this week that as part of a sweeping restructuring of its global operations, it aimed to sell Saab along with other underperfoming businesses including its Hummer brand.

 

[Myth_buster_1]

Saab ties up with Tata to develop fighter jet
(AFP) – Feb 9, 2009
BANGALORE, India (AFP) — Swedish aeronautics maker Saab said Monday it had tied up with India's Tata group to develop a new variant of its Gripen fighter jet as it pitches for a 12-billion-dollar deal from New Delhi.
Saab executive Kjell Moller said the tie-up with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) was not only aimed at jointly developing the Gripen but also at getting a chance at the biggest fighter jet deal in the world in years.
The Swedish company is competing with firms from Russia, Europe and the United States to sell 126 warplanes to the Indian air force.
India, which will begin trials in April of the shortlisted jets including the Gripen, has said it will buy about two dozen units in flyaway condition and manufacture the remaining 100 or so planes at a local state-run facility here.
"We will transfer technology and competencies to TCS, which will play a key role in the development of the next-generation Gripen and other products," Moller said ahead of the air show this week in Bangalore.
"The contract will continue irrespective of us getting the Indian order," the Saab vice president said.
US-based Lockheed Martin's F-16 and Boeing's F-18 Superhornet have emerged as the front-runners for the Indian contract, industry sources said.
The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) has offered its Typhoon Eurofighter and France's Dassault, which makes the Mirage, has put forward its Rafale.
Russian manufacturers of the MiG-35 and MiG-29 are also in the race along with Saab.
The Indian air force -- the fourth largest in the world -- has 51 Mirage-2000 war planes made by Dassault with electronics from Thales that need a major upgrade

Saab and Tata form joint venture to build... a fighter jet?! — Autoblog


Also read


Tata Acquires Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford


TATA buys corus steel becomes 5th largest group.

TATA buys tetley and is second largest producer of tea



So my question is when is TATA going to buy the swedish firm which sold awacs to Pakistan???



already its car manufacturing company is in trouble
Saab has filed for bankruptcy protection today after losses threatened its survival.

The carmaker, owned by America's General Motors and famous for comparing its saloons to fighter jets, said that it would file for a reorganisation plan, a Swedish legal procedure which safeguards its assets from creditors.

Yesterday it was reported that General Motors was prepared to pump in $400 million to help Saab to become profitable if the Swedish Government guaranteed to match its stake.

Unnamed sources told Dagens Industri, a Swedish daily newspaper, that the American company had made an offer to put 3.5 billion Swedish kronor (£280 million) into the firm if the Swedish Government guaranteed a 5.2 billion kronor loan to Saab.

Part of the money would be used to launch new models and part to cover the loss made by Saab last year. The goal is to help it to reach annual sales of between 120,000 and 130,000 vehicles, which would make the carmaker profitable by 2011 or 2012, the paper reported.

GM said this week that as part of a sweeping restructuring of its global operations, it aimed to sell Saab along with other underperfoming businesses including its Hummer brand.

Dont start jumping up and down yet. its a offer so far.
And dont post non aviation related post ever again and that in a pakistan aviation thread.

 

[policecontrolroom]

Dont start jumping up and down yet. its a offer so far.
And dont post non aviation related post ever again and that in a pakistan aviation thread.

not an offer its already done

Gripen - The wings of your nation - Saab and TCS sign Letter of Intent in India

Gripen - The wings of your nation - Saab leverages India for Gripen Next Generation development


its the grippen official site not any biased Indian site..



AND YES ITS AVIATION RELATED and relvant considering the fate regarding the parent company..

 

[jagjitnatt]

Saab aircraft company and Saab Automobile company are different brands and not under same umbrella.
Saab Automobile is going bankrupt but not the Saab aircraft company. So its not for sale anyway. Its making good money and is not going to be sold.

So TATA buying Saab = not happening.

TATA is already short on money after so many acquisitions. Its looking for loans already.

 

[Kinshuk]

Policecontrolroom...

Please refrain from derailing the thread

 

[Super Falcon]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iA7Pwek0nEc


and dont forget this machine too from china

 

[Super Falcon]

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9JXwHzFZwg