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MMRCA jet deliveres moving towards 2015
With a contract signature moving into 2012 after a late 2011 selection followed by exclusive negotiations the delivery of first MMRCA jet won't happen until 2015 as the RFP stipulates a 36 month setup window from contract date.
This news also reveals that India is still in the offset/ToT evaluation phase and has yet to open up the financial bids.
Defensenews:
With a contract signature moving into 2012 after a late 2011 selection followed by exclusive negotiations the delivery of first MMRCA jet won't happen until 2015 as the RFP stipulates a 36 month setup window from contract date.
This news also reveals that India is still in the offset/ToT evaluation phase and has yet to open up the financial bids.
Defensenews:
By then i am sure IAF will have +300 SU-30MKI and many LCA..Deadline Emerges For India's $10B Warplane Deal
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI
Published: 19 Jan 2011 13:06
NEW DELHI - India could award the $10 billion Medium Multirole Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) contract by the end of the year, according to the country's defense minister.
M.M. Pallam Raju, the minister of state for defense, said on the sidelines of a Jan. 19 conference here that the warplane contest could be decided by December. The conference was hosted by an industrial lobby group, the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India.
"I am hopeful of awarding it by the end of this year," Raju said.
The MMRCA program, for the purchase of 126 planes, is running behind schedule, The Indian Defence Ministry has made no formal announcement on the short-listing of aircraft after flight trials last year.
Raju said the ministry still has to carry out a comparative analysis of different vendors in terms of offset and transfer of technology offers before the financial bids are opened.
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=5490485&c=ASI&s=AIR