Eurofighter cutting price to win MMRCA

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian MoD Clears Path For Rafale: Report

Dassault Aviation will heave a big sigh of relief. For now. The Indian Ministry of Defence has completed inquiries into a recent complaint about the selection of the Rafale in India's M-MRCA fighter competition, according a to Hindustan Times report today, and final negotiations are not on. The final negotiation process had been held up following a complaint received earlier this year.

Responding to a March letter by then Member of Parliament MV Mysura Reddy, defence minister A.K. Antony is quoted by Hindustan Times to have recently responded saying, "The issues raised by you were examined by independent monitors who have concluded that the approach and methodology adopted by the Contract Negotiations Committee (CNC) in the evaluation of the commercial proposals thus far, have been reasonable and appropriate and within the terms of the Request for Proposals (RFR) and Defence Procurement Procedure, 2006."

A separate report in The Tribune today suggests that while the inquiry, conducted by three independent monitors, has indeed concluded that all procedures were followed by the Contract Negotiation Committee (CNC), it is likely that the process will be looked at again by the Department of Defence Finance once final recommendations are submitted.

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[Zebra]

Farnborough 2012: AESA and Meteor plans for Typhoon move forward

By Peter Felstead
7/16/2012

Eurofighter officials have finally laid out solid groundwork for the Typhoon's partner nations to move forward with an active electronically scanned-array (AESA, or E-Scan) radar and to integrate the MBDA Meteor beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile on the aircraft.

Briefing at Farnborough on 10 July, Eurofighter Chief Executive Officer Enzo Casolini said a request for proposals (RfP) for an E-Scan radar fit for the Typhoon had been issued by the NATO Eurofighter and Tornado Management Agency (NETMA) on behalf of the four Eurofighter nations – Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK – at the beginning of the month.

"The timescale is to answer this [RfP] by October this year and to have an agreement with the nations by the end of the year in order to then allow parliamentary approval, the normal approval process for the nations," said Casolini. "The target is to have a contract by the middle of next year [and] to have an E-Scan entering into service by 2015."

With Meteor integration, meanwhile, Casolini said Eurofighter is "aiming to get into contract by the end of the year".

Farnborough 2012: AESA and Meteor plans for Typhoon move forward

 

[vikaskumar11233]

Dassault Rafale is far better than the Eurofighter Typhoon in many ways.And if the deal is pack then why there is a need of fresh bid and further negotiations.

 

[Armand2REP]

Rafale is 15% cheaper to operate than Typhoon... nothing is going to change that. Let us move forward and sign some papers.