Imported Single Engine Fighter Jet Contest

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Gripen ng features and specialties seems to be a decent multi role fighter...

 

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Indian Air Force Chief to Visit SAAB Production Facility in Sweden
Amid speculations that a second foreign company would be roped in to manufacture fighter aircraft under the Make in India project, India’s air force chief is preparing to visit production facilities of Swedish manufacturer SAAB.
According to India's Ministry of Defense, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, Chief of the Air Staff, will be visiting a flying base of the Swedish Air Force and the production facilities of SAAB at Linkoping where Gripen aircraft are manufactured. SAAB has offered to develop, manufacture and undertake the final assembly of its Gripen fighter jet in India with actual Transfer of Technology under the Make in India project.

Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha is on an official visit to Sweden from June 7. During his stay in Sweden he will be calling on the Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist and is scheduled to hold bilateral discussions with the Supreme Commander of Swedish Armed Forces and the Chiefs of Staff of the Army, Navy and Air Force.

The visit carries great significance as it is taking place after Swedish PM Stefan Lofven’s visit to India earlier this year in February to attend the Defense Expo-2016 held in Goa in southern India. Both India and Sweden identified defense as one of the key areas of cooperation during the visit.

Last month, in an interview to All India Radio, India's defense minister Manohar Parrikar said, “India will select a good fighter by the end of this fiscal year to be made domestically. It is not yet decided which aircraft it would be. It may be F18, Rafale, Eurofighter or Gripen. The decision in this regard will be taken in this fiscal year.”

Recently, SAAB unveiled the Gripen E advanced fighter aircraft and offered to manufacture it in India. However, apart from SAAB, other global giants like Lockheed Martin and Boeing are also keen on catering to the requirements of the Indian Air Force. Boeing and Lockheed Martin have proposed to manufacture the F/A-18 and F-16 respectively under the Make in India mission.

However, only last month, Defense Minister Parrikar said in Parliament, "The experience of flying against F-16 is what we require as we are not going to induct the F-16, at least; as of now."
http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160606/1040878791/india-air-force-saab.html

 

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saab contender gripen e for make in india

 

[HariPrasad-1]

We can make something similar fly within next 5 years. Naval LCA MK2 is like smme in dimension to gipen i,e 15+ meter long , lavcon etc and landing gear stretched outside the fuselage etc. We should use GE 414 EPE engine to make something better than gripen E and work on sorting out aerodynamic issues as well as weight issues.

just stretch LCA MK1 Nose cone by half a meter and a lots of aerodynamic issues shall be taken care of.

 

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IAF Chief To Visit Gripen Production Line In Sweden Will IAF Select The Gripen E

 

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IAF Chief Arup Raha Flies Gripen D Fighter In Sweden

 

[tejas warrior]

IAF Chief Arup Raha Flies Gripen D Fighter In Sweden

Useless sales pitch by Gripen.. it's not FIT for high altitude zone and had failed in IAF LEH Test.

 

[gadeshi]

IAF chief Air Marshal Arup Raha is in rapture from Sweddish fighter (from the words of The Indian Times):

MMRCA Bolliwood series continue:

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IAF chief flies Gripen in Sweden ; Saab says opportunity to show how the fighter jet can meet India’s needs

Indian Air Force (IAF) chief Arup Raha recently flew the Gripen fighter jet during his five-day visit to Sweden. Gripen, a fighter aircraft manufactured by Sweden’s defence major Saab, is being offered by the company under PM Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative.

Raha’s Sweden visit from June 7 to June 11 was intended to take the existing defence cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two countries to the next level.

Raha flew the Gripen at the Saab’s facility at Linkoping in Sweden, last week. According to PTI, Raha flew the Gripen D aircraft with Wing Commander (Flying) Michael Lundquist. He visited the flying base of the Swedish Air Force and the production facilities of SAAB at Linkoping where Gripen aircraft are manufactured.

Commenting on same, Saab told FE Online, “Saab appreciated the visit of Air Chief Marshal Raha and the opportunity to show him how Gripen can meet India’s needs for the 21st century.”

Saab has time and again offered to manufacture its Gripen fighter aircraft in India. The newly unveiled Gripen E, which is said to have improved avionics system when compared to previous versions of the jet, is also being considered under ‘Make in India’.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had recently said India will select a good fighter by the end of this fiscal year to be made domestically.

It is not yet decided which aircraft it would be, he had said adding it may be F18, Rafale, Eurofighter or Gripen. “The decision in this regard will be taken in this fiscal year,” he had asserted.

Saab is confident that it will benefit immensely by investing in India’s defence sector and has even given its thumbs up to the recently unveiled Defence Procurement Policy (DPP). “We (Saab) believe that DPP 2016 is a strong step in the right direction, towards boosting Make in India and encouraging defence manufacturing. We are looking forward to the remaining appendices now, and are confident that they will further build on this base,” Jan Widerström, Country Head and Chairman of Saab India told FE Online last month.
http://www.defencenews.in/article/IAF-chief-flies-Gripen-in-Sweden-;-Saab-says-opportunity-to-show-how-the-fighter-jet-can-meet-India’s-needs-5932

 

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ALL need to know about Indian Air Force'S UPCOMING fighter jet JAS 39 Gripen IN HINDI

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

[raja696]

No absolutely not, we can not accept USA security offshored to India and later impede on us as responsibility.

By accepting such offers, especially USA want to kill our own R&D.

Indians are here to absorb technology and apply its know how to our R&D. In reciprocity we offer you cheap market where your manufacturing cost would be very cheap and could export your allies.

We can not accept USA tech until its state of thd art and we are a decade away from it. I also heard defence minister say several times, we will not accept f16 at all in to our airforce as made in India offer.

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 Block 60 Fighter Jet

 

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F-16 push is on again. 'Block 60' plus.