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Sunday, July 05, 2009

IAF forced out of Indian fighter jet bid

JAS-39 GripenUnder pressure from the Pentagon, Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been forced to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company to compete in a multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force.

The deal, estimated at a whopping $12 billion for over 120 new aircraft, is being fought over by Lockheed Martin's F-16, Boeing's F-18/Hornet, Russia's MiG-35 and BAE's Eurofighter.

IAI was asked by Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen, to jointly develop an advanced model which would compete for the deal.

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1 comment:

  1. Tejaswy5/7/09 16:15

    Now that is interesting.
    TOT was the main clause in the MCRA deal.
    Now this will rule out Saab from the competition
    Now we are left with Mig 35 eurofighter F 16 and F18.

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