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Absolutely spot on.this type performance based logistics package makes perfect sense especially in the case of our Airforce which has always been plagued with availability rates of various platforms.in my opinion this type of package deal should be made mandatory and even more with HAL making...

Made mistakes in previous post as rightly pointed by member @Tactical Frog . Dassault hadn't sign the guarantee for 90% availability rate but there was an agreement for 5 year performance based logistics package for €353 million ensuring availability rate of 75% by the manufacturer at all the...

while comparing with F-18SH, Typhoon & Rafale have higher running costs. running costs and aircraft availability rate are completely two different things.aircraft availability rate depends how well you manage your logistics,spare parts stocks and servicing.The problem of aircraft availability...

as you rightly said,there is no doubt that Swiss were extremely happy with their F-18s infact Swiss officials were extremely upset when Boeing opted not to participate in tender.The Swiss Department of Defence (DDPS) regretted the decision of Boeing,since the 33 F/A-18 C/D of the same...

Except for the common set of weapons they use and as @Immanuel rightly said that there is already a great relationship and logistics network for decades with Boeing and political backing by US but nothing else is common even though the actual commonality rating is under 30% as we know SH is...