The Indian government has given foreign manufacturers an eight-week extension on a 3 March deadline for submitting detailed proposals for a fighter jet deal that is valued at a little more than $10 billion, or Rs39,800 crore, according to a senior official at the ministry of defence.
The extension came as a surprise to at least some of the manufacturers, who said their proposals were already completed, but neither a ministry spokesman nor the official, who asked not to be named, offered an explanation.
The plans to purchase the 126 fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force have been in the works for almost a year and a half now, with long gaps between when the government first announced its intent to explore options to when it sent out requests for information, and then announced a date for when the proposals were due.
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